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      BAE Systems

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      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

      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 4,205 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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      Reviews by job title

      4K reviews
      3.0
      Oct 23, 2015

      Good, not great. Stressful, too many 'people' issues.

      Team leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good starting salary, good friendships and relationships with SOME employees, good prospects starting from shop floor

      Cons

      Dead-mans shoes (business is good at making team leaders from shop floor but not moving forwards after, ever increasing stress from above AND below, ever increasing workload without ever increasing help.

      4.0
      Oct 22, 2015

      Advanced Texhnology Centre

      Principal research scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent team of people, with an exciting mix of technical challenges and project across military and commercial sector. Graduate program great start to career.

      Cons

      Process and paperwork heavy environment with high focus on budgets and business winning. Federated nature means that sub-businesses can be merged and staff reduced often.

      4.0
      Oct 6, 2015

      Great meaningful work, slightly inconsistent business

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Really challenging and interesting environment in which to work! Many of the challenges come from adapting 'real world' techniques, technologies and practices into 'defence-friendly' deployments. Very close community.

      Cons

      The duration of some of the projects is so long that a sense of 'ownership' is sometimes lost. Often very hard to find new roles for advancement, business promotes 'lateral' movement within a singular business unit, but intra-business unit movement is rare.

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