Is Rolls-Royce a good company to work for?

Rolls-Royce has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 4,503 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 83% of employees would recommend working at Rolls-Royce to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Rolls-Royce have been left by employees working as Manufacturing Engineer , Software Engineer and CNC Machinist .

Does Rolls-Royce pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Rolls-Royce employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Rolls-Royce. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Rolls-Royce?

83% of Rolls-Royce employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Rolls-Royce 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rolls-Royce?

Engineer (170) , Manufacturing Engineer (158) , Intern (118) , Project Manager (77) , Mechanical Engineer (65) , Internship (60) , Design Engineer (52) , Systems Engineer (51) , Software Engineer (45) , Technician (42) , Buyer (38) , Manager (38) , Project Engineer (32) , Engineering Intern (31) , Mechanical Design Engineer (28)

What are the pros of working at Rolls-Royce according to real employee reviews?

"people are great and helpful" ((in 309 reviews)); "Good work life balance and learnibg" ((in 259 reviews)); "The Pay is good and the work hours are decent." ((in 187 reviews)); "I am very satisfied with this company because it has a good salary and the company really cares about all of the employees." ((in 126 reviews)); "good culture and learning to be in" ((in 126 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rolls-Royce according to real employee reviews?

"Their poor management and processes that I witnessed have now completely tainted my view of Rolls" ((in 159 reviews)); "Too many managers for the individual contributors" ((in 78 reviews)); "slow career progression and trainning" ((in 42 reviews)); "Some lack of direction in senior leadership" ((in 33 reviews)); "4. Senior management less approachable and supportive." ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about Rolls-Royce layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Rolls-Royce layoffs and their outlook for job security at Rolls-Royce in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Rolls-Royce locations?

Indianapolis , Mount Vernon , Prince George , Oakland , Walpole , Washington , Houston , Pittsburgh , Richmond , Reston , Stennis Space Center , Pascagoula , Cypress , Huntsville , New York , Savannah , Moon Township , Novi , Oklahoma City , Dallas , Galveston , West Lafayette , Cleveland , Columbus , Los Angeles , Seattle , Derby , Aiken , Pooler , Disputanta

Rolls-Royce reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(3,444 total reviews)

Tufan Erginbilgic

82% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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Rolls-Royce has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,444 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Rolls-Royce employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

3.0

Sep 15, 2013

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Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Safe easy company. Low standards.

Cons

Very slow to achieve anything. does not recognise a simple hard working person doing a good job.

3.0

Sep 14, 2013

Happy at times, not so much lately

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The working dynamics. The purposeful hiring of many employees lead to a colorful working environment where all work in harmonious unison. As it is known to "stem from the top", when head management is carefully chosen to be a team leader instead of a "boss", the team dynamics flourish, and in return the productivity levels increase and everyone is happy.

Cons

Always restructuring. Always cut-backs. Always headcount issues. No one department has a proactive apporoach as to how to handle growth, or foreseen cut-backs. May under pressure to make do with less resources despite the growing sectors and businesses. The

2.0

Jul 8, 2013

Senior Service Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are not bad. Sub par competitive salary. Work is great.

Cons

Management, policies, lack of FAMILY LIFE, (pay the CLICK not the money makers)type views inability to obtain paper copy of policies without reprimand and deutilization, training program is a mess. competition between offices. EQUALITY among employees

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