typical large corporate but good training and opportunities - Project Manager BAE Systems Employee Review

4.0
6 May 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

varied and interesting work, easy to move around the company, good opportunities to travel, good pension, share schemes, employee discounts, work/life balance (though it does depend where you work and how senior you are)

Cons

usual bureaucracy and politics that you get with a large corporate, not a meritocracy, difficult to get noticed and progress unless you are lucky or have a great boss (few and far between), performance and development reviews not taken seriously in many parts of the company, poor performance is not managed properly

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5.0
7 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There is a lot of opportunities for promotion if you stay the course and stand out a strong candidate.

Cons

Depending on the program you are working for, the work load can be overwhelming at times.

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4.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great culture, lots of modernization efforts.

Cons

Changing of the guard difficulties but that’s across all contractors.

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