Does Kaman Aerospace pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Kaman Aerospace employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Kaman Aerospace. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Kaman Aerospace?

46% of Kaman Aerospace employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Kaman Aerospace 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Kaman Aerospace?

Manufacturing Engineer (9) , Engineer (3) , Manager (3) , Quality Engineer (3) , Aircraft Assembler (2) , Aircraft Painter (2) , Buyer (2) , Electronics Assembler (2) , Mechanical Engineer (2) , Production (2) , Senior Associate (2) , Team Lead (2)

What are the pros of working at Kaman Aerospace according to real employee reviews?

"The people you work with are great!!" ((in 16 reviews)); "Stable, good benefits, cafeteria on" ((in 7 reviews)); "Comfortable work Environment Some very talented and nice people on the production floor." ((in 3 reviews)); "Great team to work with, everyone is friendly and helpful." ((in 3 reviews)); "Talented, skillful, and collaborative employees" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Kaman Aerospace according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low, if you are good at your job" ((in 7 reviews)); "Management. work balance bad, compensation bad, office culture bad and dangerous" ((in 4 reviews)); "Morale is extremely low." ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Kaman Aerospace layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Kaman Aerospace layoffs and their outlook for job security at Kaman Aerospace in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Kaman Aerospace locations?

Bloomfield , Jacksonville , Middletown , Orlando , Wichita , Hartford , Virginia Beach , Bennington , Los Angeles , Orange , Colorado Springs , Burlington , Manchester , Windsor , New Haven , Waterbury , Portland , Mars , Callahan , Fernandina Beach , Fleming Island , Bloodland , Bismarck

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Kaman Aerospace reviews

3.4

46% would recommend to a friend

(140 total reviews)

Richard R. Barnhart

58% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Kaman Aerospace has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 140 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kaman 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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Reviews by job title

140 reviews

3.0

Jun 27, 2012

Advanced Manufacturing Company 10 Years Behind

Junior financial analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People, Experience, Knowledgable Workforce, Company primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions rather than organic growth

Cons

Lacking IT structure to suite today's demanding information needs.

1.0

Nov 25, 2011

An Unhappy Pay Check Factory

Mess cleaner-upper

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No matter how useless, unskilled or disruptive you are, as long as you show up for work they hang on to you - that sentence describes the management team. Many of the non-management employees have 10+ years in with many weeks of vacation and waiting for retirement (vested). Once retired many get called back as contractors since no planning was ever done for attrition. If a person leaves (and doesn't get called back for $100/hr) , what they were doing just piles up under a clueless management team. There are many well paid managers at Kaman that likely couldn't hold on to a part time job at Wal-Mart.

Cons

This is an upper-level management country club built and shaped by the Kaman Family and their friends. There is no significant quality or technology backbone in this company anywhere. Lots of buzz-word programs, power points slide-shows and enough BS to fertilize Kansas. They are good at money games, tax laws and wringing every nickle out of their acquisitions. Unless your an accountant or lawyer (even so) don't bother with this place.

1.0

Oct 3, 2011

Bottom feeder company, not intrested in developing or producing it's own product.

Electrician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a pay check. Better then no job at all... I guess, maybe not. There are some good people here, hard workers that give 100% not 10.

Cons

Poor communication. Puney raises if any. Cheep cheep cheep. Micromanaged to death. Holds onto the noproducers and relies on the few that can to get it done and drives them into the ground. your lean program is a joke and production control is killing the company. I have worked for alot of aerospace companies and have never seen production control this controling, Sikorsky was close.

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Jobs at Kaman Aerospace

Materials Coordinator

Jacksonville, FL

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Multi-Process Operator