BAE Systems USA Employee Reviews about "9 80 work"

Pros

Flex time to let me work when I want to. A 9/80 (or alternative) work schedule to provide 3 day weekends every other week. Good benefits. Great coworkers. Great furniture. Good hierarchy manager and lead structure to allow for help from multiple directions. Everyone is for the warfighter and not for BAE, which focuses us on the customer, not management. 1

Cons

Over the last 4 years BAE has slowly rolled back some great benefits. Weekly to Bi-weekly pay periods and stating there's no cost difference (what about payroll??). First 10 hours over 80 hours are free - we get no pay (4 years ago we did! ). They've removed the best Traditional health insurance program. If you are really good at your job, a golden goose, you'll constantly get pulled back to the same program which... could be great, but if you don't like that program then that will push you out of BAE.

Advice to Management

Ensure your employees are happy where they are, and if they aren't then move them to somewhere they want to go, don't keep giving them raises or promotions to make them stay.

Pros

.Great coworkers always willing to explain .9/80 work schedule

Cons

Workload can be a little monotoneus

Pros

Friendly and intelligent coworkers 9/80 work schedule gave us every other Friday off Interesting work and openness to new ideas (depending on which team you're in)

Cons

Closed office layout; it was easy to feel trapped Clock-in/clock-out makes for a time-focused culture (as opposed to task-focused)

Advice to Management

Host more events for interns to attract them to full-time offers

Pros

One of the best Defense Firms in the Area which I worked for. (Wayne -NJ) Management listens to what projects you want to work on. On the job training is very good. Very helpful team. Interesting projects. (These do depend on what team/ project you get placed on etc) 9/80 every other Friday off

Cons

Classified work means no cell phones in labs etc. but cell phones allowed at desks at least. Sometimes can be long hours since you have to work 80 hours over two weeks it can be common to have some 10+ hour days And then some 6 hour days etc. Most people start work around 9am or later and work till 7/8 pm. No paid OT until you hit over 100 hours in pay period.

Advice to Management

Set some core hours so people get in early and leave early.

Pros

Flexible work conditions. 9/80 plan . Management open to telecommute if you have personal issues to tend to once in awhile.

Cons

Pay is a little lower than other company sites.

Advice to Management

Company is doing well so give out better raises.

Pros

9/80 Work Week, Exercise Facility, good cafeteria.

Cons

Typical big company thing where performance reviews are a bunch of fluff that does not apply to your position, yet you still need to somehow put words to it. Earned vacation accruals, can't take full vacation near beginning of year, end up losing vacation time at end unless your gonna take the final 2.6 hrs or whatever it is on week 52. There is purchase vacation but doesn't come until march. Generally the... whole vacation process is ridiculously complicated between tracking accruals and a bunch of different dates when vacation is either awarded or payed back out. Annoying.

Advice to Management

Make performance reviews more legit. DeFluff. Stop being jerks about vacation.

Pros

-Work Life balance (9/80 work schedule) -Decent pay -San Diego location

Cons

-Non-existent work culture -Salary not that competitive

Advice to Management

Make some morale boosting changes (company outings, more holidays, upgraded break rooms). Make a path to progression easier.

Pros

Managers and leads are willing to invest in training and career development goals. Comparable/better pay than other DoD contractors. Every other Friday off. Flexible work hours (9/80 schedule). Possibility to WFH if needed.

Cons

PTO is low, salaries not as competitive in comparison to local commercial companies. Large age gap between workers. People are to themselves most of the time (hardly any fun work events).