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Working at BAE Systems in Wayne, NJ: 18 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Wayne, NJ Area

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On average, employees in Wayne, NJ at BAE Systems give their company a 2.4 rating out of 5.0 based on 18, whereas overall Average Rating of BAE Systems is 3.9 out of 5.0 based on 675 BAE Systems Review Ratings. The happiest BAE Systems employees in Wayne, NJ are Principal Software Engineers submitting an average rating of 4.7 and Software Project Managers with a rating of 4.5.

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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

Working at BAE Systems in Wayne, NJ: 18 Employee Reviews

BAE Systems Employee

"Good place to work but due to the industry massive layoffs tend to happen every so often."

Person You Work For 4 / 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
Principle Software Engineer

"Not a very good work environment, didn't get necessary tools to do job, management very rarely told truth."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.9
BAE Systems (675)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is Wright Express (5)
2.4 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Retalix Ltd. (12)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (9,935)
Information Systems Security Manager

"BAE has been a great place to work."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The people, people are what always make the job rewarding."

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

"Just be yourself and everthing will work out for the best."

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

"Right now the economy and outlook for future business is worriesome."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The current management of needs to look into securing future contracts."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Electronics Technician

"Testing and troubleshooting on PC boards"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Good benefits, everyday challenges, working on various projects and EV Lab"

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

"Be firm and assertive of your qualifications. Be prepared and ready for any eventuallities"

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

"Local management not working with floor employees and quite new on the job"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More people oriented, should have more experience on management skills"

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

"Overall it was good I learned alot and liked the people I worked with."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Most of the people were great, interesting technology, high rate of change on the program"

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

"Have a plan in place for your exit. Transfer internally as soon as possible."

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

"Strong disconnect between program and company objectives. Tools developed internally were not controled or maintained, seemed as if they were developed to meet a company or directorate objective and then forgotten."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If you want to grow good people, you have to spend time to get to know your people."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Software Engineer
People You Work With 2.2 / 5 Work Setting 1.6 / 5 Support You Get 2 / 5
Rewards You Receive 1.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.1 / 5 Company Culture 1 / 5
Way You Work 1.8 / 5
Executive Assistant
Person You Work For 3.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Principal Software Engineer
Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Senior Principal Engineer
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Software Project Manager

"I was happy working at BAE Systems."

Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
Lead Electrical Systems Engineer
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.4 / 5
Electrical Engineer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Engineer

"Unchallenged Engineer"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The work done at BAE helps with the defense of our country and troops which is something I respect and enjoy."

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

"Just to be honest, and know what you want to do."

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

"There is limited career growth for Engineers and I don't feel that I am being challenged."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to stop focusing strictly on paperwork, and numbers. They should be listening to the Engineers as to why things did or didn't work. That will help prevent things from going wrong in the future."

Senior Analyst

"Constant reorganizations, downsizing, etc."

Engineer

"OK place. One should wait for the company to exhibit some more stability before considering."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Good technical staff to shadow and learn hardware."

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