Great people, crap management - Sr. Production Technician BAE Systems USA Employee Review

2.0
17 Jun 2024
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Pros

The people who are NOT in management are amazing. Pay is decent if youre willing to go above and beyond, but the moment you question leadership you can expect to be quiet fired. Pay and promotions will always be a carrot to dangle. If you have a desire for agency and not just a fesire to sit down and shut up, save yourself the trouble and look elsewhere. They fire anyone who actually cares, even if it takes years of milking your passion first to get there, trust me, they will for you too.

Cons

The SMS division, recently acquired Ball Aerospace, has been butchered. Management wasnt great before the aquisition, and its absolutely toxic within BAAM at this point. They tried to fix it while it was still Ball Aerospace, but now that they are recieving pressure from the transition, it is a dumpster fire. Functionally, if you are ok with being a complete Peon who just follows orders, its an ok job at best. If you want any agency and an actual name rather than a number stamped to your forehead, id look elsewhere. The other coworkers who arent management are great, for the most part. They are the only reason the job is worth anything at this point.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

My pros are my manager and team coworkers. Outside of that not really a fan. I do well at what I do.

Cons

Honestly, ever since new management has come for the upper VPs and directors, a lot has shifted for the negative. Feels very micromanaging when we were told we were doing fine at home and there was no reason to have us come back in the office. Now suddenly we’re being forced back to the office. Other departments and I don’t really get along because there’s a bunch of petty people just trying to get others in trouble and all I’m doing is trying to do my job. Where I am at, everyone just talks all day and then complains about how much work they have.

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