Does MBDA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MBDA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MBDA. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MBDA?

93% of MBDA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MBDA 4.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MBDA?

Principal Engineer (55) , Systems Engineer (49) , Senior Engineer (44) , Project Manager (39) , Senior Systems Engineer (32) , Software Engineer (32) , Engineer (30) , Ingénieur Stagiaire (24) , Graduate Engineer (20) , Ingénieur (20) , Principal Systems Engineer (19) , Stage Ingénieur (18) , Project Controller (17) , Senior Principal Engineer (16) , Stagiaire (13)

What are the pros of working at MBDA according to real employee reviews?

"people are great and very flexible" ((in 112 reviews)); "Good Benefits and site." ((in 84 reviews)); "great work / life balance" ((in 68 reviews)); "The culture of sharing knowledge is great with some great design patterns for some unique software products." ((in 52 reviews)); "I've been working in the fpga team for over a year total and the team is great." ((in 43 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MBDA according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay compared to other companies in the industry Type of work usually requires on site working" ((in 51 reviews)); "No beating about the bush: salaries are low compared to equivalent London" ((in 45 reviews)); "Poor management and stressful." ((in 26 reviews)); "That said if you work in the right department, have a good manager and your face fits you get better treatment." ((in 12 reviews)); "Lots of “Heads of” senior managers but all lacking the leadership that can exert influence and create value." ((in 7 reviews))

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4.4

93% would recommend to a friend

(1,024 total reviews)

Éric Béranger

90% approve of CEO

89% positive business outlook

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4.6

Work/Life balance

4.4

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Career opportunities

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Senior management

MBDA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,024 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

May 6, 2013

Starting as a Graduate Engineer, MBDA developed me progressively into an Aerospace Professional.

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Flexi-time, unlimited overtime (if you're good), opportunities, interesting products, world first engineering trials

Cons

pay (of course), easy to disappear in the crowd if you're quiet. Very frustratingly slow progress on some projects - partially due to the MoD but also a disbelief that MBDA is effectively run by the government and an insistence on pretending to be a independent business venture. Lack of cohesive technical strategic direction in the mid to upper levels of management.

4.0

Feb 17, 2013

Good place to work, can be frustrating

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

MBDA makes excellent products. It has a great depth of technical expertise and experience, but most of this is in the heads of its technical employees. The pay and benefits are reasonable for a defence company. It is doing well financially. Employees are generally well-treated, and there really is not a 'blame culture'. The turnover rate is low, and many people have been there for twenty or thirty years.

Cons

Many people have been there for twenty or thirty years ... and many are set in their ways. Organisationally, MBDA is overly complex and full of stove pipes. Middle management is mostly overhead. Opportunities for career progression are limited.

2.0

Jan 24, 2013

Poorly managed ineffiecent company

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Pay is ok. Lots of of good people to work with Lots of good talk about how things are going to be done...

Cons

... however it never gets done that way. Management come up with plans that have no bearing on reality. People are viewed as resource and thrown at a problem, regardless of whether they have the skills or capabilities. No comeback for people who perform extremely poorly. Results in a small number of people doing most of the work for the rest of the coasters. Very poor at rewarding these high achievers. Most people are pointless documents pushers who are more interested in finding reasons not to do something

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