BAE Systems reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(4,197 total reviews)
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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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1.0
Jul 1, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

free parking, on a first come first serve basis. free bi-monthly lunches if your department has good safety record majority of colleagues are friendly casual attire and enviroment department managers are down to earth and helpful.

Cons

no support from managers no work structure lacks communication too much favoritism, unprofessional mannerisms what is suppose to be a "luncheon reward", turns out they deduct from your pay. it's a "not how you work, but who you know. environment"

2.0
Aug 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefits, telecommuting opportunities exist.

Cons

Seems we're always having budget problems, so training and development are the first things to get cut. Raises and promotions are handled in a mysterious, mystical fashion; no apparent rhyme or reason; guidelines differ depending on who you talk to. All employees (based on your department) are not treated equal. Senior management is very Command & Control oriented.

1.0
Aug 15, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

We work on a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off) You can live by the beach and not have a terrible commute. some pretty smart engineers. a decent number of young, social engineers

Cons

boring projects. Unless you really LOVE working on an image library, your pretty much can't find a job that doesn't involve this in some way. Most management is ridiculously incompetent, including senior level. IRAD's are fairly well run however. It is very easy to get pigeon-holed and there is little room for advancement. Pretty much every software engineer that works here, hates their job, and employee morale is pretty low.

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