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SRC Inc originally started off as a good place to work because I was promised a bunch of things that ended up not being true. I will start off by saying their health benefits are amazing and the way you can flex your time worked is very useful for keeping a good work/life balance. Pay started off okay, more on that in a bit, and the attached free gym area is nice if you want to use it. However, that's about where all the good stuff ends.

Management at this job is absolutely atrocious. There was a review for this company that said management is full of favouritism and nepotism and they are 100% correct. This job has some of the absolute worst managers/supervisors I have ever seen and they completely ruin the job, all the benefits are completely outweighed by the awful management. You are constantly promised awards and good reviews if you stay overtime or go help out in another section of the company but come review time those awards and positive reviews are nowhere to be found. Pay raises are also promised to each employee but, just like the awards and reviews, never come. The managers are unprofessional, rude, and will constantly look for something to call you out on. Oh you always show up on time and leave on time? Yeah but remember that one time you accidentally left a whole minute early? Guess what? You'll never hear the end of that. If you think that's an exaggeration, sadly it is not. I know of multiple people that have left this position due to the poor management. Managers will throw you into shark infested waters with meat strapped to your body and expect you to swim and then berate you when you ultimately metaphorically drown or get eaten, which ties in the complete lack of training.

In the end, this job has created more stress than it was worth. I don't recommend working here because you'll get sick of it and want to leave very quickly once you see the true colors.

Oh and also they're not doing well financially because they just came out with a program to lay a bunch of people off but give them an incentive to do so and promised more unpaid layoffs if not enough people take the first one. 

SRC is a great company to work for if the reason you get out of bed in the morning is to get a paycheck. They have some of the best salaries and benefits in the area, bar none. Even through tough economic times they have kept their benefits package pretty amazing. This will probably stay true for at least the next 5-10 years as long as you can avoid the layoff lotto. But ...

The leadership from middle to upper management has very little vision, or else very little knowledge at executing a vision. The whole company has been riding out some huge production contracts from 10+ years ago, losing money all the while (remember those great benefits?), with no ambition or innovative ideas finding a hold. A large chunk of the company seems to be just riding out the bank account waiting for their retirement. Disruptive technologies and ideas are met with blank stares at best, outright rejection at worst.

The recent RIFs are just the first sign of things to come. If nothing dramatically changes in the strategic vision and direction of this company, the trend will continue until things are back to a couple dozen RF engineers tinkering in the lab ... which seems to be the way they want it anyway.

Senior management had a visionary leader and let him go because he threatened their comfort level. They need to get some vision and REAL innovation, fast - learn how technological products are designed and brought to market in 2014 (not 1992), or hire some people who can teach them.

Best value employment experience for the overall return! 
Pros
* Fun, Knowledgeable Management team
* Collaborative environment where your team members are excited to tackle new problems together 
* Lots of opportunities to learn about different areas of the company thru your daily work or internal position transfers
* 100% Tuition Reimbursement at the university of your choosing "Think Free Ivy League!"
* For those with families you will love it here! Management really values work life balance and will go out of their way to help when you have a sick child, maternity leave and other time away from work so that you don't have to choose between your family and work. This is truly and 8-5 job its rare to be asked to work overtime. 
* A focus on innovation, your team members appreciate/ request your opinion and want to innovate. The finance team has gone thru a recent technology project to bring in some of the most cutting edge tools in the past few years so that the team can work smarter and not harder. 
*Due to recent technology initiatives employees in the finance team can now work from anywhere with 70% of team members choosing remote or hybrid in-office schedule (including top management like the CFO). This allows the team to have even broader flexibility. We have team members in various states and time zones.  

Cons:
* Because of the amazing benefits package the base pay tends to be on the lower end of industry. 

I'm a systems analyst there at the Dayton office.  Life involves a lot of joking around and reading PDFs, designing systems via a janky software, or writing descriptions for said systems.  The work isn't too terribly difficult if you understand radar theory, it just gets boring.  I'll read PDFs for a week straight, then spend a few days planning how I will design my system (fun part), then build it and write descriptions (monotonousness).  As far as mgmt, our current manager is a good dude, but info doesnt flow up or down, so we have no idea whats actually going on outside our bubble - currently trying to change it.  I feel like a get shot down when I suggest ideas which could make the group better from the manager - so there's that. The company is actually very Employee oriented and its nice to see the CEO come to the office and tell us what the company's goals are and how they are planning on getting there.  Benefits are pretty good I guess - you get to select what coverage you want and it will show you the cost as your doing it.   Like i said, relatively easy work and I get paid a good buck.

Worked in the Syracuse engineering group 5 years. They make very high tech products that are exciting to work with. It was good to know our products were helping to save soldiers lives. 

Perhaps it’s better now , but at the time management in the engineering group was verbally abusive to staff. During meetings a young know it all engineer in the EW group was allowed to bully, harass, and verbally abuse other team members. One time the manager of the EW group asked us “ how are the slaves doing?”. 

There is extreme favoritism, nepotism, military mentality. Never allowed to speak against orders, or have different ideas. They label anyone going to HR with harassment problems as a troublemaker. 
Was never provided with the tools or equipment to properly perform tasks. 

Extreme multitasking work demands. Management  showed a very callous attitude towards employees. Poor training and documentation and lack of help and guidance. Not sure why this company gets such high ratings from others.

Requires a security clearance, which they will provide if hired. This also means you will never be taking work home with you. The benefits are very good, matching 10% to the 5% employee contribution required towards retirement. Affordable and quality health, dental, and vision. Yearly raises based on performance and title, ranging from 2%-10% depending job title and level. They pay fully for tuition if getting further education, and work hours are flexible (except currently with Covid-19, which enforced more strict work hours for the time being, and unsure when this will end). The work allows for learning if you are willing to search for info, but it also allows for simply filling out spreadsheets if you are not interested in the work. I have learned a lot in my time there (1 year), but I can see how it would be easy to just fill in the info and not put much thought into it. The pay is below average for this type of work, but not unreasonably low.

SRCTec has taken me to a new level when it involves career growth and management skills development. I started as one of the first manufacturing technicians to help move the SRC R&D company products to the manufacturing arm of the business (SRCTec). The most joy that I get out of our products is when we save the lives of soldiers that are in harms way. I spend a lot of time at work to make sure that everything is ready for the next day or week of production. I am responsible for all floor support and work closely with assemblers and technicians to verify failures and make improvements that make sense. I work closely with project managers to establish priorities. I am responsible for the calibration and ESD programs as well as being the assistant COMSEC custodian. I still manage to maintain 2 to 3 program projects on top of that at any given time.

SRC fosters a collaborative, encouraging technical experience that made my internship hugely rewarding. SRC is incredibly committed to employee development, as evident through the company culture and employee benefits (especially with supporting further education via tuition reimbursement). Even as an intern, I felt that I got to work on interesting, challenging problems and engage with other members of my technical team. Rather than relegating interns to tedious or trivial tasks, the experience feels much more like that of a full-time employee. My managers, mentors, and technical leads were impressive, yet encouraging. 

The workplace culture feels relatively relaxed, and there is fair amount of flexibility in your schedule. There were interns with relatively little experience (i.e. first internship) and others who had already done several internships, but it generally seemed like everyone was able to get rewarding tasking throughout the summer.

SRC’s mission is to help keep America safe and strong by protecting its people, environment and way of life. They do this by focusing on customers’ needs through the innovative application of science, technology and information to solve problems of national significance.

As a not-for-profit research and development company that strives to find unique, creative solutions for our customers' challenges, SRC is committed to "redefining possible".  Their relentless determination to solve the “impossible” with bright minds, fresh thinking and fearless innovation is grounded in more than 55 years of experience in defense, environment and intelligence. SRC not only seeks but welcomes the toughest problems — the ones most critical to our nation’s welfare, the ones where compromise is not an option. By constantly reinvesting in our people and our technologies, SRC never asks you to accept just what’s possible. They help you go beyond it!

I have been with SRC for over 10 years now and have never once regretted leaving my previous employer. That employer was great - I was able to gain a wealth of knowledge and experience. But SRC is different. Joining SRC was like a breath of fresh air... SRC is a not-for-profit organization so we have the flexibility to properly support our customers and reinvest our earnings into Research and Development of new technology and products. Add the amazing benefits and culture, the sound executive leadership, plus a manufacturing capability, and SRC is truly an amazing place to work.

Typical day is challenging and fun!  Culture and people are awesome!

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