FIRST RF Reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

Arian Lalezari

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76% positive business outlook

FIRST RF has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FIRST RF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace and defence industry (3.6 stars).

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26 reviews
1.0
9 Aug 2016

New change is not so great :(

Recommend
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Pros

Lots and lots of work Some are truly just trying to get the job done, others have given up Have state of the art ranges [when they work and not being used]

Cons

New management is FAR LESS experienced in business by decades New managements ego is alienating customers and vendors leaving us to pick up the pieces Not a whole lot happening in the next couple years Lots of backstabbing Lots of people leaving, averaging 2-3 a month

1.0
24 Mar 2017

Company has changed

Recommend
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Pros

Good equipment. Decent benefits to start, but no increase in PTO regardless of length of service. Flexible work schedule. Engineers are the most respected employees in the company.

Cons

For reasons known only to the individuals involved, this company experienced a takeover last year. The president of the company, one of the founders, was forced out and replaced with senior managers with no business experience. A number of employees mysteriously disappeared within months of the takeover. Employees have been told that it is not their place to ask questions about what is going on.

2.0
4 Jan 2015

NEPOTISM and the Peter Principal Syndrom are alive and well at FIRST RF.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay/bonuses Excellent benefits nice modern offices and work spaces Boulder

Cons

Yes, it's NOT what you know but really WHO you know at FIRST RF to get hired and promoted! It certainly is not uncommon when starting a company to build it with talent from those you know either from a job relationship or schooling. When the company grows and matures and takes on additional responsibilities it is their legal and ethical responsibility to recruit for new and open positions by properly searching for candidates outside of who you. As a Government Contractor FIRST RF should be recruiting through any and all resources available. Though I have seen some of this recruiting take place but their effort need much improvement. I have seen way too much hiring of friends and family continue even at the size they have grown too regardless of their knowledge in RF or Dept. areas. Promoting the under qualified because they are friends with spouses etc seems to be way of FIRST while those with talent remain stuck and go no where except out the door!. I have scene the greed through the years, win win win every contract they bid for regardless if they have staff to design and build the technology or how hard people need to work to achieve their greedy goals. Greed clearly has cost the company millions to pay back the government from price inflation. The fun times are long gone.

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