A good place to work at overall but needs some tweaks - Anonymous employee BAE Systems Employee Review

3.0
Mar 18, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

BAE did a good job at welcoming me. I was kept well informed at the on-boarding stage and the two day induction was well thought out and I had some good discussions and made acquaintances at the 2nd night induction dinner. I didn’t immediately have a career manager but ended up with one who put themselves forward realising I did not have one. I then ended up with a second for a few days instigated by the team who should have sorted it out in the first place! I kept the first one and they have been brilliant at supporting me and advising me. I have wanted to change roles and the career manager has put me in touch with several other people I could inevitably work with. The flexible working is really good as well. This is a real bonus for anyone who has kids, elderly parents or just likes the solitude of working on their own. It also has a good pension and a variety of benefits which are very attractive.

Cons

Once I was "dropped" off at my office after the third morning at BAE, the local manager had little or no interest primarily because he was manically busy and a bit annoyed that he had been tasked with looking after me and a few other starters. I had to really push hard to get myself sorted out. I had tried to make notes about all the things I needed to do at the induction but it is easy to get confused or just forget what is needed. My local manager was very little help and I found most help with other members of staff. The on-boarding staff were extremely helpful too. Once in situ it then seemed that I had to push for a project. My overall manager in all fairness gave me something very interesting to do but I found the system inadequate and that there was little help to begin with. Once I had got used to the people, the system and who I needed to go to get help from things were much better.

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