BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,197 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 4,197 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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4.0
Jun 8, 2010

Good training and development

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Excellent support with training and development, encouraged to do as much as possible - Due to the Company being so large and diverse then if you are unhappy in your current role there is bound to be something somewhere which suits - worldwide opportunities in a variety of functions and business units - Salary pretty good at lower grades, however not so competitive at management level

Cons

- Inconsistencies between business units with regards to pay, promotion and benefits. Understand this is hard to manage with such a large company but it can be dis-heartening when you see colleagues in other business units getting regular pay increases and larger bonuses when this is down to business unit policies rather than an individuals performance - Senior management organisation is not very diverse

1.0
Jun 4, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Projects often utilise combinations of leading edge technologies which allows a high level of exposure for technology constants and an opportunity to grow rapidly in terms of their technical knowledge.

Cons

- Promotion to the next grade (PC) is largely based on chance, being involved with some piece of challenged work that has senior management attention.

5.0
May 18, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, matching a good work/life balance. Interesting projects from a variety of different areas. Very good culture of quite young and very talented individuals. Currently in a period of sustained growth even in current financial climate. Feels like management really appreciate the fact that in a consultancy the people are the most valuable comodity. Work thoroughly recommend to other degree/PhD level graduates.

Cons

Review process is not always 100% transparent - very much depends on line manager as to the usefulness of the feedback. Not always very easy to transfer between projects. In general very few gripes.

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