Both Pros and Cons - Mechanical Engineer BAE Systems Employee Review

3.0
Mar 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours. Good holiday entitlement. Strong Union presence means generous annual inflation pay increase across entire workforce. Fairly interesting work.

Cons

Upper management hugely detached from the rest of workforce. Prioritise meeting metrics and short term targets rather than doing the job right first time. Lots of politics. High performance isn't rewarded through pay rises and/or promotion (despite having annual performance reviews). Lots of high performing employees move elsewhere, leaving huge voids and disruption.

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5.0
May 23, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good money in today’s world

Cons

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