Pros
One of the pros is that there is some flexibility in career paths. There are opportunities to bid on other job functions and move around within the company.
Cons
One of the best reasons to work here used to be the family atmosphere and benefits. The family atmosphere is a thing of the past. Current management is too busy vying to keep their current positions and are not engaged in making BAE Systems a great place to work like it used to be. Understandably a reduction in benefits is inevitable with the defense budget cuts and we do see it at other companies - not just BAE Systems but the bonuses for management haven't been reduced. Management makes plenty of money so they don't care as much about the healthcare benefits or the reductions implemented over the last few years. There are too many relatives working at the company. Managers get their sons and daughters jobs in the company and then the sons and daughters get preferential treatment and its so blatantly obvious.