BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,203 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 4,203 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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1.0
Jul 16, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not much, there are some fun people to make friends with

Cons

-- Not a good place to start your career as a graduate. There is no structured graduate programme. They don't match your skills to the roles that you are given. You can spend months and months in a dead end role, doing very little, mainly doing odd-jobs, printing, filling in forms etc. This is not good, especially if you have a Masters or PhD and are used to a challenge. -- The training budget has recently been reduced, which means there is little rooms for growth / development. BAE are sucking out all the money, all they care about is the bottom line. -- A lot of graduates that join are looking to leave after less than a year; there is a very, very high turnover of staff.

1.0
Jul 11, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good working conditions Good union support Good work-life balance

Cons

Internal politics and empire building 'Old boys club' at senior levels HR tie grade to salary, making progression extremely hard Development and Review process is a waste of time Poor development opportunities Favouritism amongst management Untrustworthy management at all levels

2.0
Jul 6, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Really smart and nice people to work with - Good place to join and start as a graduate - Good variety of work

Cons

- Poor work life balance - You dont always get projects and experience you want, operations are quite bad at placing people on projects - Alot of cutting costs going on - Little money for training

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