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Submitted on: 17-Apr-03
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Working for Teledyne Energy Systems was a real challenge, for more
reasons than one. On the technical side, many of their hydrogen
generators have significant design issues that make them unreliable at
best. Moreover, their other products - namely Fuel Cells and Fuel Cell
Test Stations - are either not ready for commercialization and/or
unproven solutions.
The corporate culture is very conservative, sometimes almost paranoid,
even by Defense Contractor's standards. There is a lot of turf
protection going around, and getting something done requires a lot of
patience. Undecisiveness is the rule, and you definitely get the
feeling that there is no one at the helm of the ship. Things are
processing very slowly, and it can be weeks before the bureaucracy
starts to act - especially when comes the time to reimburse trip
expenses or provide you with reasonable tools to do your job. In
general, the philosophy is definitely not client-oriented, and not
employee-oriented either - people get laid off without much warning,
despite all the "all is good" speech served by higher management.
Opportunities for advancement depend primarily on relationship-building
within the firm (i.e. higher management), and is totally untied to
delivered results - in fact, you will be railroaded over if you are
trying too hard to deliver results. Diversity is very limited.
Too bad that the corporate culture is rotten to the core, because there
are some upsides to working for Teledyne Energy Systems: hours are
reasonable (40-50 hours/week), the dress code is business casual, and
the industry has an interesting, albeit uncertain, future. But the
bureaucratic infightings ruins absolutely everything.
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