Is BAE Systems a good company to work for?

BAE Systems has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 4,733 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at BAE Systems to a friend and 72% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about BAE Systems have been left by employees working as Program Manager , Software Engineer and Systems Engineer .

Does BAE Systems pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, BAE Systems employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at BAE Systems. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at BAE Systems?

75% of BAE Systems employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated BAE Systems 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at BAE Systems?

Software Engineer (217) , Project Manager (148) , Systems Engineer (131) , Engineer (88) , Senior Consultant (55) , Principal Consultant (54) , Consultant (45) , Principal Engineer (42) , Senior Software Engineer (42) , Mechanical Engineer (40) , Business Analyst (39) , Engineering Manager (38) , Senior Engineer (36) , Senior Systems Engineer (36) , Manager (35)

What are the pros of working at BAE Systems according to real employee reviews?

"Met a few great people that I worked with whom I will keep in touch with." ((in 345 reviews)); "Company does not expect salaried employees to work excessive amounts of overtime (good work/life balance)." ((in 248 reviews)); "Benefits are good and resonable" ((in 225 reviews)); "good pay in certain business units pay better for professional staff not early exec levels scope to move" ((in 215 reviews)); "Salary is good and competitive" ((in 137 reviews))

What are the cons of working at BAE Systems according to real employee reviews?

"They have a lousy fast turnstile of people coming and going all due to their poor management." ((in 197 reviews)); "No career progression and lack of man power" ((in 60 reviews)); "Senior managers have the point of view that BAE don't develop software and appear to be in denial." ((in 53 reviews)); "Lack of trust in senior management" ((in 50 reviews)); "leadership is poor and full of middle" ((in 47 reviews))

What are employees saying about BAE Systems layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed BAE Systems locations?

Nashua , San Diego , McLean , Washington , Fort Wayne , Norfolk , York , Austin , Merrimack , Radford , Endicott , Rockville , Wayne , Chesapeake , Fort Worth , Hudson , Cedar Rapids , Jacksonville , Arlington , Falls Church , Boston , Aiken , Mount Laurel , New York , Dayton , San Jose , Manchester , Westminster , Huntsville , Reston

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BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,232 total reviews)

Charles Woodburn

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.3

Senior management

BAE Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,232 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BAE Systems 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

4K reviews

5.0

Dec 19, 2017

Head of Corporate Responsibility Reporting & Strategy

Head of corporate responsibility & strategy

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Post is wide reaching, touching many areas of the organisation. Requires good understanding of the company and corporate responsibility.

Cons

Not many at this point!

4.0

Dec 18, 2017

Senior Structural Engineer

Senior civil/structural engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexi-Time, Moving Day (additional paid day off per year), Exciting work.

Cons

Red tape everywhere, Union is geared towards the labour employees not the office workers, Layers & layers of middle management.

3.0

Dec 16, 2017

Culture went downhill after BAE acquisition/rebrand

Graduate engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working on technically challenging problems, which have genuine value to the world, with a lot of smart people. Nice "campus" offices, in a green area. Great for cycling to work, for example.

Cons

Soon after the 2014 rebrand to "Applied Intelligence", there was a major wave of resignations - including the former CEO. The company culture shifted to "align" with BAE - which basically meant cutting lots of perks. The graduate recruitment salary also dropped by £1000-3000, so pay rises for my "generation" were slashed to help bridge the gap. The company also introduced a "5 point" annual appraisal system, where all employees are ranked on a bell curve - which lead to highly biased results, where managers ranked their closest colleagues highly, and were therefore *forced* to rank others lower, regardless of actual performance. Hopefully things have improved under new management now; I don't know.

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