Ball Aerospace reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)

Dave Kaufman

75% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ball Aerospace has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ball Aerospace 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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635 reviews
1.0
Aug 2, 2016

New Hires Beware

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some good fellow employees, average pay and time off, sometimes flex hours, located in Boulder, CO or a subdivision of Denver

Cons

Tons of Cons, BEWARE. Ball has a bad reputation for hiring and firing as the work load fluctuates, it is not uncommon to be hired just to be let go a few weeks later after relocation from an other state, if a contract does not materialize. Most people with security clearances living in the Denver area will not work for Ball, as it is way too unstable. Ball is now resorting to Job Fairs held out of state to lure in the unsuspecting New Hire, don't be fooled and fall into the trap, your family will be very disappointed when you are left jobless in a new city. Also; Do not Believe any 4 or 5 Star ratings on this site for Ball, they have been written by the personnel department to offset the true 1 and 2 star ratings. If you do take a job with Ball out of pure desperation, then you will be over worked, as they are very under staffed from the large work force lay off last year. Read all the other reviews about Cronyism, The Good-Old-Boys Club, and all the rest, they are all true. If you are a woman may the Lord help you, unless you like working in a 1950's style Arena.

2.0
Aug 15, 2018

Shell of what it was

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Owned by a large, established, blue chip company that provides stability. Meaningful, world changing projects, opportunities to learn on the job.

Cons

The Dayton, Ohio management has re-organized several times, but they keep shuffling the same people around in slightly different but basically the same positions. It feels like they keep promoting a couple of the (new) directors out of failure. There is a family dynasty in the Dayton office that somehow always emerges untouched and better off from any leadership changes. Very much a good 'ole boys club who's membership was decided long ago and does not change. Those in charge were decent technical people that have been promoted to management but do not seem to have any business acumen and do not come across as willing to learn anything new. Management by crisis is the norm. Management regularly substitutes their own reality and ignores what the data is telling them. Leadership keeps doing the same things over again expecting different results.

1.0
Nov 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great professional staff. Everyone is so talented & good at their job.

Cons

Management does NOT care about employees at all. Backstabbing and scapegoating employees by management is standard business practice.

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