Working at BAE Systems in York, PA: 29 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in York, PA Area

"BAE was a good company to work for, wish it had been more than a contract job."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The people, working in an atmosphere where I was assisting with preparing military vehicles for battle."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I wasn't impressed with my supervisor, he had his pets and those that weren't pets were not treated fairly."

"Exciting and challenging design and manufacturing opportunities with very little long term career planning."

"This was a contract position at $60/hr. Not too bad!"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Good work and good people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Relax and enjoy the process."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Work environment needed improvement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Help your employees grow and advance."

"I like the place!!!"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The environment and the people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat everyone equal; there's the perception that manufacturing floor support HAS to work 9 hour days and management goes about suggesting that this is the norm, but the rest of the facility barely makes 8 hours."

"They don't treat their contractors like they are a part of their team."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"It is a challenging position."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Not feeling like part of the team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management is part of the problem, not a part of the solution."

"Unsure about the future w/ government contracts"

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"We are building a product for those who protect us. Our soldiers are our customer"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I loved the fast pace and the challanges. I also loved the reason I was there, for the soldiers in the Middle East."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"My tips for those interviewing for this company is to ask the questions on stability of your position. Also, when they tell you it is a 40 hour work week, dont be so sure, because my average work weeks consisted of 50+ hours, and was still told it wasnt enough. Make sure that this is what you want, because you will live there. Remember, its for the soldiers."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"It was impossible to move up the ladder if others felt threatend by you. Also, there is alot of nepotism. I lost my position due to my head boss's 10 year friend needed a job, so I got booted and I was out of work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion to management is to LISTEN to the employees that have the knowledge and experiance. Sometimes, having a Bachelor Degree does not always mean they know more."

"This review is a un-biased review"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"interesting projects"

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"program mangemnt and quality are almost non-existent"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"follow a more robust engineering process"

"One of the largest military contractors in the world."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Co-workers were top notch."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Off shift workers (2nd and 3rd shift) frequently required to spend time out of shift."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Respect off shift workers time."

"Overall, this is a great place to work, but contracts are entirely dependent on the current political climate."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"We build interesting products that make a difference in the world. I have found management to be fair and competent."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Understand that because the workload is contract based and time sensitive, the workload will vary from intense, long hours to occasional periods of boredom."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Being a very large company, beuracracy can sometimes slow opportunities to make improvements."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Invest in developing products that anticipate the war of the future."

"BAE is a good place to work with not enough open positions in order to advance past an intern level."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Location and type of work"

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"No open full-time positions"

"I wish I was still at BAE"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The job was needed. The work done saved 120 lives."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Work hard, enjoy the people, and have fun."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I would like to be there now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The organization was not cleary defined."

"This is a good menthod of getting to know something about an applicant before calling them for an interview."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I love with the company does to serve the troops of this great nation."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"There is no room for advancement"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give more women the chance for advanvement"

"It a good experience"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Dee defense work for the design and development"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"At present, this company is not in a position to hire anyone and it will take some time to start hiring the employess."

What don't you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Defense cuts laid off people"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Defense work to distributed to various divisions and make the company more stable regarding the employment"

"This is quite possibly the worst company to work for. I hated every single day."