Mainstream Engineering Reviews

Upper management is very young, immature thinking. Most managers are just out of college, no real experiences, first job out of school. No direction, no communication. Employees are hung out to dry. Departments do not communicate with each other. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing, and policies change daily. Employees are dissatisfied, turn over is constant. Not one women in management or supervisory role.

There is zero opportunity for advancement. The management consists of a small executive team and six technology leaders below that. Then there is every one else. Even when the technologies leave, they do not promote but instead spread responsibility over the remaining leaders. Management and technology leaders are largely winging it. No one has management training or project management training. If you are not an engineer, you are treated as second class. There is a very rigid pecking order that is set from the executive team on down. Pay structure is such that technology leaders will receive 6-10% raise yearly. Everyone else will get the scraps after management gets theirs. Company culture has gotten toxic as employees become disillusioned by the lack of mobility and false promises from management. Diversity is a dirty word there. It is a good ole boys club. You can count on one hand the number of female or minority engineers. Management will openly joke about current events and lament how boys can't be boys anymore. The company will chase any funding sources no matter how obscure. Everything from hand gun automated test stands to cleaning dish water to refrigerated caskets. It means that there is no core experience or focus. Anything and everything is fair game. The company operates largely as an SBIR farm with no intention to grow the business or change. Winning Phase II contracts is the goal. The research needed to fulfill the contract is given a half hearted effort. No one in management cares since there is usually not continued funding after Phase II. Company made an effort to improve online profile in 2017. They packed this website with positive reviews instead of solving culture and management issues.