Good place to work but salary structure needs updating - Engineering Manager BAE Systems Employee Review

4.0
24 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great opportunities to work on some fantastic products and with some really great people. Good work life balance and flexibility with hybrid working

Cons

Salary structure needs an overhaul from top to bottom. Annual variance in pay rises between lower levels (professional and manual staff) and middle management (executives) is consistently a cause for concern for those in middle management roles as the executive reward package degrades year on year when compared with those in the professional and manual roles who are represented by a union, therefore generally receive higher percentage salary increases and also receive paid overtime, despite generally working fewer hours than executives on average. However, executive bonus scheme is pretty good - although as per most company bonus schemes it is wholly dependent on company financial targets and individual performance.

Explore other reviews about BAE Systems

5.0
23 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people and pay, 401k benefits.

Cons

Tough work environment and difficult work load.

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.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All