BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,196 total reviews)
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Charles Woodburn

80% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

BAE Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,196 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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5.0
Feb 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great people to work with, some real experts, especially in the data analytics and data management space - Some great opportunities to get involved in lots of different things and gain a breadth of experience, although you have to push for the opportunities yourself - Some really interesting work, if you get on the right project there are some less generic projects that aren't your run-of-the-mill consulting projects - Real feeling that things are being taken seriously and improving at the moment, especially internally - BAE Systems acquisition: could bring with it some great opportunities

Cons

- Career development is still very much driven by the individual, which is great if you know how to push for opportunities but not so good for people who are new or are not interested in taking responsibility for their career path - Salary reviews and promotions have a rigorous process around them but there is still a strong element of who you know and what you've been working on - Internal systems need a lot of improvement. There is clearly a lot of effort on improving them at the moment and things are getting better, but they whilst some of the systems were probably fine for when the company had less than 500 employees, they just haven't scaled very well - BAE systems acquisition: where will it take us?

4.0
Jan 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good Company Culture -Bright people -Work life balance is reasonable, with benefits package being ok -Interesting project roles, wich along side competent individuals makes some projects an absolute delight to work on

Cons

-Pay is below other upper quartile fims -Having just been purchaed by BAE systems the future is somewhat uncertain as to the direction Detica will go -Lack of career management, the firm can sometimes slotyou into a role without taking into consideration your personal career aspirations -Large government focus ( could be a plus or a minus)

4.0
Jan 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Stable company with a favorable outlook, at least in the near future. Company does not expect salaried employees to work excessive amounts of overtime (good work/life balance). Employees are treated with respect, for the most part. Very charitable company that is a respected member of the local community.

Cons

Management does not communicate well (except superficially) with employees. Good old boy network alive and well. If you are salaried you will, most likely, have to interface with union employees on a regular basis which, at this company, can be extremely frustrating. Training at this company has been poor.

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