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3.4
Average Rating
(based on 49 Bell Helicopter Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.2
Growth Opportunities
2.7
People You Work With
4.1
Person You Work For
3.9
Rewards You Receive
3.3
Support You Get
3.2
Way You Work
3.6
Work Setting
3.4
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"I worked for Bell for 14 years. They make cool stuff. Typical aerospace company. Lots of good folks. Lots of opportunity for improvement. Benefits are good. Pay is competitive. Transitioning to new business systems. Subject to government budget so job security is variable."
Posted 10 years ago in Hurst, TX
Lead Technician
Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.1 / 5
Company Culture 3.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.4 / 5
Contract Engineer
Person You Work For 4.6 / 5 People You Work With 4.6 / 5 Work Setting 4.6 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.6 / 5 Way You Work 4.5 / 5
Contract Engineer

"I worked for an extremely professional, Pete Smith on the V-22 program. He's retired by now."

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"I enjoyed working in Bell Hellicopter on the V-22 program. Texas is my favorite place to be ever."

What don't you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"I'm sure they updated their 3D graphic tools. It was an old system used on the V-22."

Inventory Clerk
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 4.8 / 5
Supply Chain Planner
Person You Work For 3.5 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4.4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4.5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Supply Chain Planner

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"I had the opportunity to get my feet wet and learn how to perform highly."

Tool Application Engineer

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"Good company with a strong management leadership at the upper level, diversified in its market. Good corporate vision."

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

"Look at the position and understand what you will be doing and the type of job duties that you will be asked to perform, and be able to do them."

What don't you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"Some middle management staff are not leadership material, do not apply themselves to take care of business as they should."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company needs to focus more on having direct shop floor (first level) leadership, where the supervisor or manager is competent, takes care of the production needs at his level. Too many lazy and incompetent supervisors."

Customer Support Specialist

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"A good company with great benefits, tuition reimbursment and a lot of opportunities for advancment."

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

"It takes about three months to get hired into Bell Helicopter Textron, even if you were a previous employee."

What don't you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"There is nothing special I did not like, when I was working for Bell Helicopter Textron."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work with your employees and help them advance if that is what their goals are."

Finish Inspector

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"The job I did. The responsibility and the routine was not boring. Job satisfaction and technical."

Instrumentation Engineer

What don't you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"I didn't like the rift between Technicians and Engineers, nor did I appreciate the lack of respect I received in trying to get things done."

Internal Auditor

"Where I learned to be competent at IT Auditing."

Buyer

"Very old fashioned and very cumbersome to work on 2 different software computers."

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"I learned about gov't contract & purchase orders."

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

"Depends which position you are interviewing for."

What don't you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"Union controlled so I had to clock in by the minute."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more flexible, not everyone has their degree but did an excellent job like me as my Super. Wanted to keep me permanent."

Manufacturing Engineer

"Bell is a good company overall but is quite dysfunctional in many ways."

Database Analyst

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"The constant challenge and daily activity."

What don't you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"Nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. Management treated me with much respect because of my knowledge and work ethics."

Government Property Supervisor

What do you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"Ability to lead employees in the management of Government and company property while training them on policies and procedures."

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

"Keep up the standards that it is known for."

What don't you like about working at Bell Helicopter?

"Nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep building quality helicopters and continue satisfying the customer, both civilian and outoutstanding Military."

Bell Helicopter Reviews FAQs

Is Bell Helicopter a good company to work for?

Bell Helicopter has an overall rating of 3.4 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 49 Bell Helicopter Review Ratings left anonymously by Bell Helicopter employees, which is 13% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 90% of employees would recommend working at Bell Helicopter.

Does Bell Helicopter pay their employees well?

Bell Helicopter employees earn $71,000 annually on average, or $34 per hour, which is 8% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 21 Bell Helicopter employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Bell Helicopter Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Bell Helicopter?

90% of employees would recommend working at Bell Helicopter with the overall rating of 3.4 out of 5. Employees also rated Bell Helicopter 3.2 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.3 for Rewards You Receive, 2.7 for Growth Opportunities and 3.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Bell Helicopter?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Bell Helicopter is a Executive at $306,000 annually. Browse Bell Helicopter Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Bell Helicopter?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Bell Helicopter is a Assistant Manager at $20,000 annually. Browse Bell Helicopter Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Bell Helicopter?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Bell Helicopter to be Company Culture, People You Work With, Person You Work For and Rewards You Receive, and cons to be Growth Opportunities.

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