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      BAE Systems reviews

      3.9

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (4,213 total reviews)
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      Charles Woodburn

      80% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      BAE Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,213 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BAE Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 21, 2019

      My job view

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Complex projects to work on

      Cons

      Feels mismanaged from the top

      4.0
      Mar 20, 2019

      Coming up on end of probabtion - software engineer

      Software engineer
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As a pinch of salt, I'm on an internal project which sounds to be better, so with that in mind : - Great attitude towards working hours and how you structure them. So long as you're getting the work done and working on new skills, you're can reasonably flex your time. Be available for your meetings, but if you want to work late throughout the week and leave a bit early on Friday, Bae trusts you enough not to clock watch. - paid access to training is provided. For example, all the software engineers have been provided with access to pluralsight which is amazing for working on new skills in all manner of things. - fun yet focused people to work with are all around you. Most people are more than happy to engage in chat about what they're working on, who can help, what skills are worthwhile, or even just how their weekend was. - ability to declare you want to work on a new skill set. If you're done with your project, there's nothing stopping you from asking to work on a new one in something that interests you. It can take time but it sounds like your team and operations have been told to at least consider what you say.

      Cons

      Blue Fin offices for both space and Internet are - for all the beauty of the building - pants. You're better off working from home at least some of the week purely because you know your house will have space and better Internet. IT infrastructure and hardware needs an update. 8GB laptops for certain projects isn't enough. Windows 7 is antiquated for what most of us need to. Requesting new software can be a confusing process that even the amazing support staff can get lost in. You might not directly work on a skill set you think you're good at. E.g. I said I have done Java before, and was put on a project that was supposed to use it but it hasn't actually required that at all. I've learned other stuff because of this, but it can be slightly disappointing initially. Some grads went ages without a project to work on. I'm confused as to why people weren't paired up initially to help them share problem solving and skill sets. Some initial welcome days felt pointless to a minor degree.

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      BAE Systems Response
      7y
      Thank you very much for your review. It’s great to know you are enjoying your time here and feel the training is valuable and the people are fun and focused, they certainly are our greatest strength! We are proud of how we have developed our flexible working so this feedback is great to hear! Your feedback on IT and skill-use are really interesting and will be brought to the attention of the leadership at our next review meeting. This level of detailed feedback is really valuable to us so we can continue to improve. It's great to hear you feel we are heading in the right direction. Thanks again for taking the time to write such a detailed review. We hope you continue to enjoy your time at AI.
      5.0
      Mar 18, 2019

      Awesome Working Environment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Tones of amazing people to work with, in KL office Mixed social and cultural practice Complete equipment provided Flexible working hour A lot of trainings prepared Yearly bonus - my fav

      Cons

      When new equipment arrives, it takes quite a long time for it to be distributed.

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      BAE Systems Response
      7y
      Thank you so much for your review. Its great to know you are enjoying your time here and we certainly agree that our people are amazing and our greatest strength. Taking time to provide this feedback is really valuable for us so thank you for taking the time to review. Keep enjoying.
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