BAE Systems provided a solid foundation allowing me to work effectively on the customer's contract. - Lead Systems Engineer BAE Systems USA Employee Review

4.0
Mar 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

BAE Systems has all the benefits of working for a large company: great benefits, partial 401K matching, having access to a great depth and breadth of expertise within the company and its sister organizations. They take pride in their role supporting the US Military's mission and keeping the war-fighter safe, and doing so as efficiently as possible.

Cons

Since I was working at a customer site, directly for the customer with limited oversight by BAE management, there was a serious disconnect when it came to performance reviews and other similar HR related tasks. While a large company has the weight and momentum to accomplish many things a smaller company may not be able to, this momentum is a double edged sword. There is somewhat of a lack of agility and flexibility within the company, especially when dealing with a situation or condition that is not the "standard operating mode".

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

Can choose what to do

Cons

May be a bit slow

2.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility in work The few remaining coworkers from the Ball days are great Can bank 400 hours of PTO

Cons

Since the transition from ball to bae, the company has decided to try and make life as unhappy as possible. They removed 2 weeks from our short term disability leave (was 6weeks for giving birth) They got rid of our sick time and made it all PTO and that transition caused us to lose time off in total Refuse to promote despite the levels changing and years of experience needed being lowered. They have capped the number of promotions a year then tell us that isn’t true and then refuse to do promotions that are desperately needed. Instead of promoting or giving decent raises they lose great people and constantly have to hire from outside for more than it probably cost to just promote. They started searching our bags? Random bag checks were just implemented. Getting anything approved is impossible (especially technology or training) Attrition is getting out of hand but all hands say everything is great despite everyone asking what they will do to help keep talent Pay is not keeping up and if you are an overachiever you will never be paid for that effort

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