Working at BAE Systems in Santa Clara, CA: 25 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Santa Clara, CA Area

"Good company to get intigrated into the military defense career path"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The company is very large and well known in the defense industry."

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

"Great company to work for if you are either ex military or are really into ground vehicles like tanks and personell carriers."

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

"The way the comany has stuggled in the last few years has made job security unstable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management has recently switched roles to where our new direct suppervisor is out of state. It makes it difficult to get feedback or direction."

"Pleasant working environment, great solving problems, build relationships."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Great Culture & community outreach. Great support for family and schools locally."

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

"no, Interviewing goes well when jobs are available, even during layoffs."

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

"Reduction in force--- layoffs due to economy. Hard conditions when layoff looms."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None... Gov't Defense Budget economy needs commercial fallback... new commercial segment at Santa Clara facility."

"good"

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

"not aggresive"

"BAE losing its ability to own R&D activities."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Good salary and over time"

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

"No benefits"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give benefits"

"Good."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Competent management."

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

"Just be confident when presenting yourself."

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

"Excellent work environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing a good work."

"Good company that treats its employees well but has ups and downs due to contracts."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Very diverse opportunities and you can work on different projects all the time."

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

"Be able to work on many different things, not just your specialty."

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

"The hours of work can get bad sometimes and the upper management needs to understand to keep the business going, they need to keep the experienced and talented employees during a down turn and loss of contracts."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop trying to move technical expertise out of state and do not mess up a great team of professionals."

"Typical defense company"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I liked the people I worked with, smart motivated people"

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

"Be able to explain your skills and experience"

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

"The stop and start nature of the defense industry"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Plan ahead"