MBDA reviews

4.4

93% would recommend to a friend

(1,025 total reviews)
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Éric Béranger

90% approve of CEO

89% positive business outlook

MBDA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,025 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MBDA employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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4.0
Nov 25, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

MBDA has some very interesting projects. The engineers are very competent and very willing to help on challenging problems. Good environment to work in, Offices are refurbished at least every 10 years or so, PCs refreshed every 3 years or so. Order book is very good, the company will be recruiting technical and engineering skills heavily for the next few years.

Cons

A lot of retirements over the past few years means a lot of good knowledgeable and talented people have left. Often their replacements are inexperienced. Very heavy middle management culture is developing. Salaries and compensation are often below market rates - there are no retention schemes.

2.0
Nov 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very good company if you're a contractor or want an easy ride to retirement.

Cons

I started working here after finishing a grad scheme in the MoD and found it to be an appalling place to work. The comments on Glassdoors are completely spot on, not only do they bring you on as cheap as possible but there is no hope of promotion, as your line manager has to put you forward for one and it all depends if your face fits. Pay rises were also pathetic, better than nothing, but only slightly. I moved around the company trying to find the next exciting thing, only to be thoroughly disappointed. I found that a lot of managers had forgotten what technical work looked like and so they advertised roles incorrectly e.g. pretending a project management role is technical and then telling you that you should have better “role expectation management” when you question it. So if you want a mundane job, grinding away each day on something pointless, dealing with old fashioned, stubborn individuals and no hope of promotion or a decent salary, than MBDA is the place for you.

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