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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MBDA reviews

4.4

93% would recommend to a friend

(1,024 total reviews)

Éric Béranger

90% approve of CEO

89% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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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1K reviews

1.0

Feb 28, 2020

Low standards

Lead buyer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None that I came across

Cons

Outdated systems, technology and attitudes. Little innovation and investment. Some lazy and incompetent team members that go unchallenged. No lessons are learnt from mistakes and errors resulting in repetitive errors and slow or non-delivery of objectives and targets to internal stakeholders, which can only affect non delivery externally. If you are forward thinking, dynamic, skilled and experienced then this place is not for you, working here will be a massive backwards step as positive change is not embraced or supported and the lazy and unskilled outweigh the former which is sadly very few and far between.

2.0

Mar 12, 2017

A poor culture, hidden within nice buildings

Principal systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

MBDA has nice facilities, better than most in the defence industry - you can typically find a gym and good food on site in most locations.

Cons

The company has a particularly resistive nature when it comes to change, this is largely due to the fact the company has a high number of 30+ year service employees and seems to have good graduate scheme retention; this has created a workforce with minimal view of non-MBDA concepts. It was made clear to me in the first few weeks that the company had certain ways of doing things, and that was that. MBDA is regimented in its processes, the company has structure but lacks agility. It seems that there are many good people not moving forward with their careers and not achieving promotions because the company is more interested in ticking boxes on forms and not thinking pragmatically. The majority of people who "make it" at MBDA and get promoted are generally the ones who worship the corporate doctrine and are happy to follow extremely rigid process.

2.0

Sep 4, 2016

Workplace Mobbing endemic

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Training given as and when required.

Cons

Lots of workplace bullying and mobbing. Bullying is how they like to control staff.

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