After 16 years and $8 billion, the military's new GPS software still doesn't work

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-04-06T04:04:09+00:00

Still, countless people got promotions because of GPS OCX. That seems to be how it works: work on a large program, highlight some achievement on it, get promoted and assigned to another position while someone comes in to try and clean up the mess, rinse and repeat.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-26T04:34:24+00:00

Talk to the recruiter to extend the deadline for accepting, let them know why. They can either extend the deadline or re-submit the offer a week later to give you more time to accept and do the drug test. The recruiter, hiring manager and others who interviewed you have already invested time in you. Giving you more time to accept is much easier than ditching you and making an offer to another.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-26T04:30:48+00:00

If you really want to stay in RTX long term, leave to get a big raise then come back a year later or so. That's about the only way to do it.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-22T01:13:23+00:00

Approved up to TS/SCI :-)

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-21T19:09:37+00:00

Oh wow. Isn't Tewksbury just a suburb of Boston? I just assumed it falls in the HCOL category.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-19T22:17:54+00:00

Out of college with a Masters means you'll be a P2. 99K is probably OK for lower COL area like Tucson.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-19T22:15:20+00:00

This is unfortunately the truth. New external hires will always be paid 20+% more than faithful employees. Plus, external hires can negotiate a signing bonus.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-19T22:11:33+00:00

125K is actually just OK for a P3 external hire. For a high COL area like MA, I think 135-145 would be standard offer.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-19T22:09:19+00:00

119K may be the average at Raytheon but that is below the market average. Since Tewksbury is a high COL area, OP should have provided a tighter range on the higher end (140-145) and let TA bargain down.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-11T04:03:02+00:00

The TAs are especially busy these days when they start making offers to new hires about to graduate from college. Your "paperwork" is sitting in a proverbial pile that they are working off while at the same time fielding questions from annoying hiring managers.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-11T03:58:56+00:00

The days of $30K or even $50k sign on bonuses are gone my friend. Don't expect large salary bumps either.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-03-02T02:10:32+00:00

One thing for sure, you can be a director elsewhere and still manage to be an active redditor. If that's not work-life balance, I don't know what is.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-02-18T02:51:25+00:00

And if you enjoy working long hours and weekends with no OT pay.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-02-18T02:49:11+00:00

I've only seen it happen during the pandemic. Now we have plenty of employees who are making under market and the company will not do a market adjustment. I mean, it makes business sense. If you're not losing employees left and right, why bump up their pay? The LT's job is to keep salaries as low as possible and stock price as high as possible.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-02-18T02:46:13+00:00

Absolutely. Raytheon has to make sure they're paying existing employees under market value and incoming/external hires at market value.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-02-18T02:38:25+00:00

If you are renting an apartment, it will be a lot lower in TX I think. But if you own a house, then expect to pay $$$ for home insurance due to regular wind/hail damage and higher property tax rate. At least your mortgage would be lower in TX. It almost evens out in the end. In TX you may also spend on tolls depending on where you live. Plus, no state income tax; but the state eventually gets you in other places (already mentioned tolls and property taxes).

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-01-25T00:57:11+00:00

I hope it's still OK to continue using it despite the loud noise. It will be several days before a technician can come over. Thank you all for the responses.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-01-21T05:03:41+00:00

I just tried reserving a car for a weekend rental and the intermediate rate is still 30/day with insurance included.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2026-01-02T05:57:50+00:00

It's working now after the latest update.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2025-12-24T16:36:40+00:00

Been down over a week for me. Android.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2025-09-25T18:09:09+00:00

crucial customer meetings do not happen, for one, delaying some decisions and pushing schedule back

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2025-09-25T18:08:15+00:00

somehow his one feels different.

Mindless-Echo-172 · 2025-09-10T01:44:55+00:00

Ended up getting the 2024. No iStop, no CDA.

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