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49%
21%
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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 463 BAE Systems Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
3.8
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"As far as direct management goes, I feel that BAE shines with communication and directness with employees. My supervisor cares about my happiness and career development, and I work on a highly capable team of intelligent individuals. Upper management has some work to do with transparency and willingness to inform employees when major company changes are to happen."
Posted 10 years ago in Burlington, MA
Design Checker

"Mainly positive, felt appreciated, but... see below"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Cutting edge technology meant there was always something new to learn. Good people."

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

"Emphasize the extent of your knowledge and experience, as well as your desire to be a part of a global company."

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

"Being a contractor, I was seen as 'expendable' even though I was told on several occasions how much my contribution was appreciated"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the people who work for you. Be as much involved in hearing from below as you are in hearing from the higher-ups."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Production Support Engineer

"A Great Company to work for 9/80 work schedule."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The 9/80 work schedule. BAE provided technicalChallenge and a good work climate."

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

"BAE Systems is a great company to work for witha great work environment."

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

"My short time there I was caught up in a Corp.layoff do to the down sizing of NASA."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The need for more than one major Customer tokeep engineers with work."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Specification Writer

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I enjoy working with the other people in my department."

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

"Do not let them low-ball your salary during the hiring process."

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

"This company falls short when it comes to employee advancement and monetary compensation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would work harder to recognize and advance my employees. The pay pay scale here seems to well below industry norms."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Systems Engineer

"Work on a contract with the FBI in Indianapolis."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I worked on site with the FBI so I really didn't work with BAE Systems. It was more like I worked for the FBI. The FBI is an incredible place to work. Loved it!!"

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

"Working for the government requires a spotless background, so make sure you are honest about any criminal history you may have."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No suggestions. The management was top notch and really on the ball!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Plant Supervisor

"Working for a Global Business has had its challenges."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I love providing our Soldiers with quality, top of the line tools to do their jobs and keep us safe."

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

"Same as above...Acknowledge each worker as an individual and understand that all individuals needs are not the same."

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

"Working for a Global Company has it's challenges as opposed to working for a local Company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Acknowledge each worker as an individual and understand that all individuals needs are not the same."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Principle Engineer
Person You Work For 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5 Company Culture 4 / 5
Service Desk Technician

"Excellent place to work, but pay was a little low."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Excellent place to learn new skills, and expand on what you already know."

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

"Be sure to either know computers fairly well, or learn very fast."

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

"The pay was not high enough for me to support my family."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay more attention to the lower level employees and offer positive encouragement more often."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Production Supervisor

"At BAE I was put through lean managment."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The hours were outstanding, I worked 3.5 days a week."

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

"There will be no body interviewing there there almost closed down."

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

"The company lost a large contract, and laid off several thousand employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To under bid large contracts to keep the jobs at the plant."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Information Systems Administrator

"Never dull"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The idea of working on a project that could save someones life"

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

"Make sure you understand that contract work is not permanent"

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

"there aren't as many advancements depending of location of field office"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"increase site visits with outer offices to improve connectivity with the company"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Principal Engineer

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I like solving the customer's problems and developing advanced technology."

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

"Make sure to show enthusiasm, intent to learn, and humility."

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

"Ageism is a huge issue and the compensation curve is years behind competitive commercial companies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Emphasize the customer mission and employee engagement, improve rewards and recognition, and actually talk to the employees."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Contract Recruiter

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"some of the people are very nice and we get along"

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

"bae is a large company with many benefits dsfkj d"

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

"the human resources department is insane and in everyones business"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"adjust the org structure so different sectors dont mix e"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Senior Software Engineer

"Great engineering teams, complete ahead of schedule"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Co workers, great working environment, good tech supports, technology, room for improvement"

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

"This company is a great company to work for. I would work there longer if there was more projects."

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

"Defense company projects comes and goes. Not every projects will go into production"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"- Secure more works for engineering.- Weekly meeting with staffs"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Systems Analyst

"6 months into contract 100% of the funds used & delivered 50% of the task."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Loved the job I was hired to do and the Customer."

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

"Beware, this company has a culture of taking the cheapest route, least experienced employee and is only concerned about stock value."

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

"Inexperience PM they do not use EVMS to track cost. Company leadership dose not address the issue before hand."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Cheaper is not always better, do not hire your executives based on their connection. Work towards a customer values not stockholders."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Senior Structural Analysis Engineer

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Personal job functions, working environment, personal relations and company culture."

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

"No. At current situation of this company, may be this division at Sealy, I can't say anything"

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

"No future since we lost the arm contract in 2009"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No currently since we can not see what is the next."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Lead Web Developer

"Web developer who enjoys providing superb customer service and support."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I loved working at the company, as it provided excellent leadership, admirable management, and a superb employee benefits package."

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

"Just relax and be yourself. When speaking to the interviewer, let your skills, knowledge, experience, and personality shine throughout the interview."

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

"Unfortunately, the contracts I support were no longer available and I could not secure another position while on company overhead."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Lead by example. Embrace your staff with constant support and encourage each of them to seek training and grow within their careers and the company."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

BAE Systems Reviews FAQs

Is BAE Systems a good company to work for?

BAE Systems has an overall rating of 3.9 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 463 BAE Systems Review Ratings left anonymously by BAE Systems employees, which is equal to the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 94% of employees would recommend working at BAE Systems.

Does BAE Systems pay their employees well?

BAE Systems employees earn $80,000 annually on average, or $38 per hour, which is 21% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 98 BAE Systems employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find BAE Systems Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at BAE Systems?

94% of employees would recommend working at BAE Systems with the overall rating of 3.9 out of 5. Employees also rated BAE Systems 3.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.4 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at BAE Systems?

According to our data, the highest paying job at BAE Systems is a Database Developer at $330,000 annually. Browse BAE Systems Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at BAE Systems?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at BAE Systems is a Warehouse Associate at $16,000 annually. Browse BAE Systems Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at BAE Systems?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at BAE Systems to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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