Interesting work, good people, let down by poor facilities - Anonymous employee BAE Systems Employee Review

4.0
Mar 30, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Technical work is genuinely interesting - People are enthusiastic, smart and sociable - Company rewards self-starters and promotions are based on merit

Cons

- The facilities in Gloucester are especially poor. The company plan office space to "minimum EU requirements" and staff receiving fines due to lack of car parking space is common. This is made worse by company comms about investments in shiny overseas offices. - Bonus's haven't been fully paid for two years running; especially disappointing given the huge effort put in by the staff. - Work life balance can be poor due to committed time scales and stretched resourcing

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