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      BAE Systems

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      BAE Systems reviews

      3.9

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (4,197 total reviews)
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      Charles Woodburn

      81% 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 4,197 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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      4K reviews
      4.0
      Jan 1, 2009

      Balanced/fair reveiw

      Senior consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      An atmosphere where you are surrounded by stimulating and highly intelligent people who are largely non-political. Career progression is good, particuarly at junior grades and there are many opportunities to get involved in profile raising roles and acitvities.

      Cons

      Opportunities in non-technical roles can be difficult to find, as business consulting is not always as populas at Detica as they state. Detica is primarily an IT consultancy, so this is where the majority of the opportunities are. Renumeration for junior grades isn't alwas as competitive as else where. There is only very limited scope to work abroad.

      4.0
      Nov 23, 2008

      New to the company, but so far....

      Senior lead systems administrator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They give you the ability to move around within the company. They post internal jobs for their employees, and if at some point you want to move up the ladder, it's easier to do so without having to leave your company.

      Cons

      They are in the middle of a corporate wide IT restructure, and as such their departments are in a mess right now. Also, they give out bogus titles to their employee's. Instead of going with industry standards, they let job titles come to them in a dream. Most people don't care about this sort of thing, but it could be something that hurts your resume at some other point in time. On another note, if you don't like to travel, stay away from this company, because being in the IT department, EIT, or BAE-IT, you will be on travel. I don't mind it, as I get to see places I've never seen or thought I would get to see.

      3.0
      Nov 19, 2008

      BAE Systems is not the friendly place it once was.

      Senior principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The work is state of the art technology with a diversified product line. Employees are friendly toward each other and for the most part are willing to help others. After the first year employees get two weeks vacation as well as a week off between Christmas and New Years.

      Cons

      Too much overtime without compensation. Management typically underquotes work by taking risky approaches to solutions. It is the employee who assumes the risk when the job becomes over budget and behind schedule by being forced to work substantial uncompensated overtime. In the past, an employee could take time off for past uncompensated overtime. Under the current organization this is no longer possible.

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