BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,216 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 4,216 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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4.0
Apr 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunities to work on some fantastic products and with some really great people. Good work life balance and flexibility with hybrid working

Cons

Salary structure needs an overhaul from top to bottom. Annual variance in pay rises between lower levels (professional and manual staff) and middle management (executives) is consistently a cause for concern for those in middle management roles as the executive reward package degrades year on year when compared with those in the professional and manual roles who are represented by a union, therefore generally receive higher percentage salary increases and also receive paid overtime, despite generally working fewer hours than executives on average. However, executive bonus scheme is pretty good - although as per most company bonus schemes it is wholly dependent on company financial targets and individual performance.

5.0
Apr 22, 2025

Nice culture.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very motivated individuals in my team. People from diverse background in engineering to learn from

Cons

Edinburgh park is too far away from where i live. :)

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