BAE Systems reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(4,197 total reviews)
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Charles Woodburn

81% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

BAE Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,197 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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3.0
Jan 11, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Can work on some interesting projects covering a variety of different technologies. Very good for a graduate who doesnt know what to focus on in their career as they get a chance to experience different roles. Free kit kats, custard creams and soft drinks, whoop!

Cons

- There are quite a lot of people that think they are better than the rest and strive for promotion too quickly, get promoted, think they are EVEN better and then lead to low morale in projects and a struggle to hit timescales leading to expected overtime work. - Management seem like yes men, selling products and then throwing people into roles that they are not suited for seeing if you sink or swim. - There is supposed to be career development but you can be placed on your own on projects you have no skills in which adversly affect your career even though you have spoken to management about where you want to be - Not as suitable for people with 5+ years experience that want to focus on a particular skill, usually forced down management or architecture route, but this is going to change. - Usual review round BS that you have to carry out.

5.0
Jan 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Huge company with massive room to grow. One of the leaders in the global defence force, with offices around the globe.

Cons

as a huge organisation its sometimes difficult to get noticed. You are part of a team which makes it difficult for people who dont do well working on their own.

4.0
Oct 16, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good engineering firm Some very good people to work with/for Interesting projects to get involved in Very good graduate scheme

Cons

Rewards seems more tied to length of service than actual performance, leading to many older engineers just coasting by as they collect their remuneration and more junior engineers getting nothing for working hard. Job grade is not tied to salary, meaning a junior person doing the same job as a senior person will be paid much less. Internal bun-fighting over things like training and HR as well as a fair amount of confusion over management structure

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