MBDA reviews

Lower base pay, lack of management experience

- Pay is sub-par for defence (which itself is not great within wider non-defence and non-software companies), coupled with the two main sites being near high cost of living areas (with lots of other job opportunities). - Functional management works well for some, not so well for others. Especially with regard to the black-box that is promotions - some people seem to get fast-tracked mainly because they present counter-offers - Missiles are interesting but obviously having a job in the field makes some people not your biggest fan - IT/tech stack is frustrated by a combination of slow-moving big company and Defence security issues. Skype is still the comms tool, inter-company working is painful; MATLAB is where most of the programming is. - Other general defence industry pains: often slow and laden with beaucracy and paperwork. Company has good policies on WFH, but many programs require you to be on-site 4/5 days a week for access to secure computing (especially for technical work). Skills gained are often defence specific. - Lots of churn, even in niche/expertise areas - 3 days leave reserved for christmas, so only actually 22 to play with in the year. - No bonus for needing even the highest and intrusive levels of security clearance (unlike other defence)