BAE Systems reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,188 total reviews)
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Charles Woodburn

81% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

BAE Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,188 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 and defence industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Apr 1, 2020

Corporate, corporate, corporate

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work variety, looks good on CV, international work opportunities, work with cool clients, decent benefits of on assignment away from home

Cons

Only way up is networking, soft skills will get you further than your technical skills, workforce is an upside down pyramid, there are more managers than anyone else, something of an old boys club. Most of the top talent left years ago leaving a void of technical knowledge. Dont forget to do your weekly time sheets or management will lose their minds. Better of finding out who there clients are and applying there. Too much corporate spiel and propaganda from the top, short term outlook with revolving door CEOs and too many non technical managers. Dont expect to be included in decision making. Pathetic hardware for developers. Expect to spend half your time working through hr processes and sat in unnecessary meetings. Under pay their technical staff, particularly developers. Easier to get promoted by leaving and rejoining.

1.0
Oct 7, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

smart people, play in a great space - fincrimes and cyber security

Cons

it will suck the life out of you

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BAE Systems Response
6y
Thank you for leaving a review of your time at AI. It is disappointing to hear you aren't having a positive experience but it's difficult to understand the context of the issues you have faced. Please do feed back formally so we can see if there is anything that can be improved. Thank you.
3.0
Dec 31, 2015

Nice place to start

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenges, benefits, pay and co-workers

Cons

Management and direction is poor. Most do not have understanding of projects

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BAE Systems Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review to Glassdoor. We're glad to hear you enjoyed your time with us, it certainly is a great place to start your career. During the course of the past year or so, we have seen an increased trend of previous employees re-joining the company and hope you will consider doing so, later in your career.
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