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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1.0
Oct 27, 2017

Pushing deckchairs from one side to the other

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some good people in the company. Interesting projects (if you are lucky enough to get on one of them) Flexible working hours

Cons

a lot of good people have left lack of client facing staff to resource the projects workplace moral is terrible senior management seem to be clueless and disinterested in the employees lack of communication and can't trust a word that senior management say decline in new business Salary is low compared to other competitior companies in the industry

1.0
Oct 19, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

BAE Systems has great benefits and pays extremely well but not enough to "stomach" this place.

Cons

This site is a huge embarrassment to BAE Systems as a whole. Stuck in a business model that is 30 years out of date; lost $m's in 2018, 2019, and scheduled for the same in 2020. Ironically, the "Good 'Ol Boy" network is alive and well in York but it's the same, out of touch leadership that's responsible for losing $$$m's continuing to be in the same positions of leadership and making the same short-sighted and disastrous decisions today. "This is the way we've always have done it" is the daily mantra. Processes are not followed; limited accountability of employees; everything is reactionary instead of proper forecasting and planning. Training is non-existent; development of employees is abysmal; and this place is 100% of "point fingers and deflect blame" at all costs.

1.0
Nov 1, 2018

Bad Place - bunch of back stabbers

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Pros

cant think of any...was just a bad decision to work for them.

Cons

to summarize it in few words... "They'll kick you, then they beat you, Then they'll tell you it's fair So beat it," This is true for a whole lot of people who left. This place was a nightmare.

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