BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,231 total reviews)
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Charles Woodburn

81% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

BAE Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,231 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
Nov 6, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-working on cool military vehicles -lots of different tasks keeps it interesting -lot of working without supervision

Cons

-line managers could listen to floor workers more -some safety features in certain areas are more hindering than helpful -huge divide between the union workers and the salary workers

1.0
Nov 6, 2024

Dysfunctional Senior Leadership Team

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working Stress Policy, Friday off, Good Direct Line Management (if they don't leave)

Cons

Dysfunctional Senior Leadership team its hard to believe, there is a number of issues going on at Glascoed site resulting in the moral of Employees at an all time low If you don't like it leave approach from leadership and HR. Currently not providing a good working life balance which is currently causing issues with retaining and attracting good talent. So if you do have a commitments out side of work (family life, better working life balance etc.) keep looking feel like your stuck in the 90s, with the same response from senior leadership. "its in the pipeline" seems to be common response Training is non existence or takes years for anything to be put together Number of its workforce have left or is looking to leave due to recent changes which doesn't put a lot of confidence where the Glascoed site is heading you wont get a permanent desk and will be hot desking, so be prepared for sore back and necks, that's if you can even find a car park space to get into the building (New car park and desk issue is 'in the pipeline' to be sorted Remote Location so will spend a lot of your time stuck in traffic to and from site

1.0
Nov 6, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company branding Some employment stability

Cons

- High bench time - People being squeezed into roles that aren't related to their development path or expertise - Little path for promotion from grade GG10 onwards - Many projects follow poor standards - Not organisationally aligned. There are many departments working in silos. - just finished a large wave of redundancies. More are expected

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