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      BAE Systems Senior Software Developer reviews

      3.4

      88% would recommend to a friend

      (45 total reviews)
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      Charles Woodburn

      89% approve of CEO

      29% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Senior management

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      Senior Software Developer employees have rated BAE Systems with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. BAE Systems is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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      45 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 15, 2011

      Loads of industry knowledge here, should invest more to reach software excellence and promote creativity

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company has a global reach into tons of big clients. The opportunities to learn about the industry are big! In my office, hours are flexible, and folks are bright and pay is competitive. The software does a lot, and has potential.

      Cons

      Personal Development isn't supported Hardware is over 5 years old Hard to move up. Software Development seems somewhat shortsighted, often incurring more software debt, rather than investing to fix recognized flaws that would make the code base more extensible. probably this organization should invest in more talent to handle the work-load, but that doesn't happen.

      3.0
      May 23, 2011

      A place to end your career

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The projects can be interesting and varied, the pay is good for the sector and for the location. Good if you want an easy life.

      Cons

      Very limited recognition for good work. No feedback from line manager. Highly unionised, bonuses are determined by unions and not by personal performance.

      4.0
      Jan 1, 2009

      Pretty Satisfied

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Stability and pretty good pay, plus interesting work. I think that I work with lots of interesting people who are smart and hard workers. The division that I work in does lots of interesting research projects which are sponsored by DARPA. This is exciting work which keeps me engaged. I like the management. They seem to be actively pushing the envelope when it comes to management. Expectations are clearly communicated and my yearly goals are usually in line with general performance excellence. I like that we hire lots of women ( where lots is a few ... but this is the engineering field).

      Cons

      Don't like current ethics trial. Its an embarassment. We do work a lot of hours from time to time. It would really help if I had a PhD. Sometimes a technical solution is dictated by management for marketing reasons. One problem is that if someone is not performing then its hard to fire them. The corporate parent is really afraid of turnover. They want you to give someone every chance to turn it around before pushing them out. I myself don't really believe in that so I see it as a drawback. Sometimes people are nitwits, but I think you see that in any job.

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