Does CAES pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CAES employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CAES. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CAES?

57% of CAES employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CAES 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CAES?

Engineer (16) , Electronics Technician (5) , Manager (5) , Quality Engineer (4) , Technician (4) , Intern (3) , Manufacturing Engineer (3) , Principal RF Engineer (3) , Test Technician (3) , Engineering (2) , Engineering Technician (2) , Finance (2) , Human Resources Business Partner (2) , Product Engineer (2) , Production Assembler (2)

What are the pros of working at CAES according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with." ((in 18 reviews)); "Good benefit and well" ((in 12 reviews)); "Good work life balance, it's a 8" ((in 8 reviews)); "9/80 work schedule, lot of great coworkers" ((in 6 reviews)); "Valued, focused, and disciplined with great opportunities" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CAES according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management, lots of politics and clicks" ((in 15 reviews)); "Good culture and place to work until many reductions in force and then company was bought out." ((in 6 reviews)); "Bad leadership" ((in 6 reviews)); "Bad managers that could care less , deadlines are stupid tight" ((in 3 reviews)); "just had a bad layoff and this place is not stable anymore." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about CAES redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CAES redundancy and their outlook for job security at CAES in 2026.

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3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(145 total reviews)

Mike Kahn

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Diversity and inclusion

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture and values

2.7

Senior management

CAES has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 145 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CAES employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace and defence industry (3.6 stars).

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145 reviews

4.0

Mar 15, 2026

Decent Company, Low Expectations, Low Guidance

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Learn quickly about military contracting industry

Cons

Very Little Direction, if not tasked to a specific project. A lot of expectations to learn on the fly

3.0

Feb 24, 2026

Fine place to learn skills before moving on

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Ready to teach inexperienced engineers.

Cons

Overwork the young engineers until they leave. Some coworkers do not belong in the field.

3.0

Feb 15, 2026

Lack of accountability

Manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Always something new. 9/80 work schedule.

Cons

Actively shut down people who try to improve operations. 0 accountability within operations and program management. Blame is the name of the game. Poor capital investment into operations.

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