Pros
The pay is on par with other companies in the area. But the way BAE uses their pay system will have you grossly under paid to your peers and junior members of your team. HR isn’t that bright which results is a mathematically flawed pay system.
Cons
BAE has a pay scale that goes 9, 10, 11, 12 etc….. Titles translate into pay ENG II = 9, ENG SR = 10, ENG PRINCIPAL = 11, etc…. However, they will only hire you at 90% of the middle of the pay scale, then ever year they will add to the scale to stay competitive, but your pay will only increase by the same percentage leaving you losing ground in your pay grade with every passing year. There is absolutely no way to progress in your own pay grade, you need to go find another job within the company to make more than the person they just hired from outside, however then you are now the outside person coming in to a new group making more than those already there, so everyone constantly feels under appreciated. If you stay in your position too long the new hires and those who you have trained and got promoted end up making far more than 10 year seasoned experienced employees. When you bring this up to your manager, they will only “try” to see if they can get your pay equal to that kid they just hired, but nothing ever happens. I’m a SR and doing the exactly same job as a SR PRINCIPAL with the exact same job description, roles and responsibilities but make $35k a year less than my counterpart. They take advantage of your age saying “you’re too old to leave now” I ran a project on one vehicle that saved the company $4.6 million per year in production costs, they wouldn’t give me a raise or promotion to get within $15k per year of my counterpart, but they did give me $250 “Impact award” gift card to make them feel better about all my work. The following year I saved the company $6 million in waste on a different vehicle platform and still didn’t get a raise or promotion, just got a $800 “Impact award” So……….. if you like being over worked, and under paid in comparison to the sloths around you, this is the place for you.