Good for the young but don't stay there! - Principal Systems Engineer Leonardo Employee Review

2.0
10 May 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good Company for young people wanting to gain experience. Multi-site large company provides opportunities to travel and explore a wide range of job types and disciplines.

Cons

The Company does not value long-term highly skilled staff. It has a culture of purging older staff and protecting graduates and new starters when over- recruiting for the prevailing workload. Engineers can suffer poor engineering management who are too powerful and can easily wreck hard working staff's career prospects. It is recommended not to stay on to older age.

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Leonardo Response
8y
Thank you for your review and advice. Your observation on the prevailing culture is not an environment we want to cultivate so thank you for your advice on what we can do to improve things.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The culture is extremely toxic and divisive. There is a clear preference shown toward Italian employees over U.S. employees, which creates an unfair and frustrating work environment. Communication is often unprofessional, with frequent yelling, finger-pointing, and disrespectful comments. Management has failed to establish clear roles and responsibilities, leading to constant confusion and conflict between employees. Engineering leadership appears heavily driven by favoritism and routinely treats employees with a lack of professionalism and respect.

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