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
Nov 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Wide variety of different roles.

Cons

Very poor people management and accountability. Managers in several areas are consistently being dishonest during recruitment activities, then either placing successful applicants in completely different (often unsuitable) roles, or failing to provide any meaningful work or training (sometimes for months on end). There is a bad culture of laziness and "not my problem" attitudes amongst the local management, and an unhealthy amount of back-stabbing and self-centred career-chasing, which in many cases seems to go unchecked.

3.0
Nov 23, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can sit for days and do nothing at home and nobody will object.

Cons

They have just sacked over 100 people who actually knew how to do things and left us with hundreds of people with no idea. No career opportunities for management now they've sacked over 100

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