BAE Systems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"At this time the benefit package was great and profitability was successsful."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Decrease bureacratic processes. Duplicating job functions is not cost effective."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Excellent benefits, including support for my PhD, which they are paying 100%."

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

"Company is not hiring at this time, we need to get contracts in first."

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

"Many of the recent changes have not been for the better. I think the company should try to grow the business in commercial opportunities but they are staying with Govt. only."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"See prior answer regarding commercial opportunities. We are too focused on Govt. only and missing out on many opportunities to grow elsewhere, especially in a shrinking Govt. market."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I appreciated what they stood for in helping and supporting our soldiers. Very fair compensation."

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

"I feel there was a constant change of processes which made it difficult to follow, tailor and be consistent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company should submit proposals for other types of products and military branches, not cater to one."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I/we have a very important mission to protect and save the lives of military members."

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

"Personal and professional ethics and integrity are the cornerstone to our business."

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

"I travel approximately 60% of the year and am seeking employment in San Antonio, Texas, that will not require as much travel."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I believe that our management does a great job and works hard to support the team."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"Talented and extremely smart work force. Great work; our service to our military personnel."

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

"Yes - all applicants should take the work seriously - not themselves; and always work in integrity - you can never go wrong"

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

"Defense Contractors budgets are dependent on what Congress approves for military spending."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"1. Listen, listen, listen to your work force....2. An effective compliance program demonstrates a company's commitment to responsible conduct and can result in substantial and direct benefits to a company's bottom line."

"Eye opening"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I loved the work I did and the rewards that came with it."

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

"I would make more training available. Therefore individuals can stay ahead of the curve so be diligent in what you want to accomplish."

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

"The mentality that was needed to get certain tasks completed"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make more training available. Therefore individuals can stay ahead of the curve."

"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"

"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."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I can come to the manager and suggest developing automatic test to improve test time and quality of the test coverage."

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

"Make sure you show your experience on how to develop an auto test procedure and showed your experience on your support to the production test and help production to improve their delivery schedule. And also, make sure to show them that you are a team player and work well with every one."

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

"Some people work very hard while others do not work as hard."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have suggested developing auto test for a lot of Units Under Test (UUT) and developing Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)."

"Unfortunately it was a contract position"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"A lot of opportunities if you know the right people and see and talk with them about the possibilities."

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

"Try to get to know the people you will be talking with. Unfortunately that is not easy and many times you need to know a lot of people already working at the company."

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

"Very difficult to find out who is the right person to talk about a problem and to get any problem solving done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to people's comments, have boxes available for incognito comments."

"frustrating and annoying"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I liked receiving a pay check every two weeks, and not much else."

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

"Stay away, keep looking, it might be fine to keep from starving, but don't plan on sticking around."

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

"They don't seem to care about employees, anytime there is a small interruption in contracts for no reason other than a slow approval process they are in a hurry to lay us off, and then can't answer our questions about all the little things that need to be taken care of in that situation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have a better plan for interruptions in contracts than hurried layoffs."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"very good projects to completed, eager people to work for"

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

"this is a likable company enjoy your new adventure for the company"

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

"there's is nothing I do not like about any of the companies I have worked for in the past"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"keep the positive projects moving forward continue helping the clients"

"This is the best company I have worked for yet."

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"This company is involved in so many different areas. There was always work to be had."

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

"I don't like that I had to leave the company. It was the biggest mistake I have made yet"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing. The management was doing a great job and I would go back today."

"Great job, really hated that they had to lay off people, including me"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"The fact that I was responsible for developing and selling a new product"

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

"Just get ready for a ride, I had a great time here, and the benefits are great."

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

"Since this was a defense contractor, they had no methods in place to sell to corporation or the general public"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not attempt to do something that has no place in this type of company"

What do you like about working at BAE Systems?

"I liked being paid on a weekly basis. I liked the people I worked with. I liked my Supervisor."

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

"Be honest in all that you do. It doesn't pay to lie. It will catch up with you."

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

"For 26 years they had an odd time to come in (6:42am). I always wished they would have changed it to 6:30 or 7:00."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The same advise I have for myself. Listen to people."