BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,205 total reviews)
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Charles Woodburn

80% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

BAE Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,205 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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4K reviews
3.0
Feb 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I've learned a lot, lots of talented people, should be in a strategic sweet spot with the global cyber agenda and has a wide range of capabilities and products to offer.

Cons

Corporate communications generally handled badly. Operations can be quite restrictive and sometimes negative when planning ahead. Working across business units can get messy.

4.0
Feb 3, 2014

Overall good employer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and not bad benefits

Cons

Just a number to higher management

3.0
Jan 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unbelievable depth of capability, skills and technology lying around unused that many many companies could only dream of, incredible opportunity for growth and some fascinating work.

Cons

This company doesn't know what it is anymore and until consensus is reached it will be all over the place. At the same time it is a consulting engineering firm, a management consultancy, a products business, an outsourcer, a design agency and a little bit of a system integrator. The operations processes tries to encompass all these business models in one set of processes poorly. Senior management are not strong and tend to be drawn from the ranks of lifelong Deticans which has created an issue of groupthink. Staff engagement is poor and the focus on numbers ahead of culture has increased attrition among key staff dramatically.

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