BAE Systems USA reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(3,624 total reviews)
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Tom Arseneault

74% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

BAE Systems USA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,624 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BAE Systems USA 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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3.0
Oct 2, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

BAE has a decent 401k match, good educational opportunities, some potential to move _laterally_ within the organization, and a solid 9/80 schedule with some overtime pay. They will be in business for decades because of their established base in the defense industry & because defense always does well in a dangerous world.

Cons

BAE has struggled for the past 10 years with an aging workforce that, in large parts, is paid a lot more than it actually contributes. The benefits have deteriorated over the past 5 years for younger employees, but the older employees are grandfathered in so it does not matter to them. Conversely, if you have been at BAE longer than 10-15 years your experience is valued inside the company but not so much in the commercial world - you become a lifer and are stuck. Finally, BAE tends not to pay highly talented people much more than the average employee - the pay structure is just not set up that way.

1.0
Feb 26, 2020

Probably site/region specific...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay in comparison to surrounding areas, always an opportunity to learn from endless amounts of smart folk.

Cons

I honestly had second guess whether harassment could be legal in the state of New Hampshire in the chance I was missing something. I’ve never in my life endured so much harassment in a workplace. Very behind when it comes to culture. The authoritarian style of management is embarrassing, what’s even more embarrassing is that it’s tolerated.

1.0
Jan 21, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good work/life balance, easy to walk away as soon as you hit 9 hours. Very easy coding tasks.

Cons

Extremely outdated software development procedures. No coding style. No programming standards. Horrifically bad (underfunded) IT. You'll spend most of your time fiddling with Word or Excel rather than coding or designing systems. You will get stale as a software engineer here. Atmosphere of secrecy makes employees distrustful of one another, hurts collaboration.

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