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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
      1.0
      Aug 15, 2008

      Typical boring defense job

      Software engineer ii
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      Pros

      We work on a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off) You can live by the beach and not have a terrible commute. some pretty smart engineers. a decent number of young, social engineers

      Cons

      boring projects. Unless you really LOVE working on an image library, your pretty much can't find a job that doesn't involve this in some way. Most management is ridiculously incompetent, including senior level. IRAD's are fairly well run however. It is very easy to get pigeon-holed and there is little room for advancement. Pretty much every software engineer that works here, hates their job, and employee morale is pretty low.

      4.0
      Aug 14, 2008

      Good place to work.

      Systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good company for advancement, plenty of work to go around. The pay is very good for the cost of living in the Binghamton Area. There is never a dull moment here in JC. We are doing exciting work within commercial avionics and military avionics as well. However, many people see BAE as a stepping stone before moving on to bigger and better things.

      Cons

      Overtime and not getting paid for it. Depending on where you live, the area can be a little shady, especially when Binghamton University is in session.

      3.0
      Aug 10, 2008

      Great people, growing pains and an uncertain future...

      Senior consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Detica offers consultancy firmly routed around clients' technology problems. There are a broad range of business units covering much of the UK government and commercial sectors, offering a mix of different client cultures. The senior leadership are well established, charismatic and have set out a clear vision for the future of the business. Its people are a huge selling point - intelligent, hard working with a modesty uncommon in many larger consultancies. Although the priority is getting the work done, it offers a very good work life balance. The graduate induction programme has become increasingly structured in recent years and now offers a firm foundation in a specific area of technology both for business and technology consultants.

      Cons

      The company has grown hugely over the past few years and has sometimes had difficulty in adapting its structure and processes to accommodate the larger range of people and projects it now manages. With the BAeS takeover imminent there is considerable uncertainty ahead. Consultancy is generally limited to that concerning technology projects, though there are more exceptions given the acquisition of some more pure-play consultancies in the UK and US. Opportunities beyond the UK are only available in small numbers, as the acquisitions of the past few years take time to bed down and develop requirements for support from UK-based staff. Cross-pollination between business units is often lacking, as is an effective cross-company approach to knowledge management.

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