2.0
Aug 4, 2017
Current employee, more than 10 years
Portsmouth, South East England, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Plenty of opportunities to work on some interesting, major space projects. Nice, generally supportive co-workers (though some are a bit strange!). Flexi-time system helpful (when you can take time off, that is). Pays well.
Cons
Constant high pressure with unrealistic commitments made to customers. Too many lost weekends and long days spent in fire-fighting mode. Portsmouth site feels looks like it's on a downward spiral with no investment and people leaving not replaced. Archaic IT systems and processes which act as a daily impediment to getting work done. Complex hierarchical organizational structure which has got worse since the previous Astrium days,