Pros
There are some great people to work with, who put in a lot of effort. If you're a self-starter and prepared to play the system (like anywhere else) you'll be given good opportunities at more senior grades it seems. BAE is a good brand name for your CV. Some areas of the business have interesting work and clients.
Kontras
Seemingly unable to get the basics right. Torn between being a products or service business, without a coherent strategy. The obtuse marketing function has magnified the impacts of poor strategy, whilst the all-powerful operations function gleefully sends junior staff off to oblivion leading to high attrition and low morale. Other basics lacking and issues include: - Working or fit for purpose IT, for example third hand laptops. - Highly paid, lazy internal teams and some management as a hangover from the Detica days. - Undocumented and overbearing processes in some areas, with nothing in others. - No training for junior staff. In summary a business containing products, services and digital transformation was never going to become the 'cyber' arm of BAES regardless of how it was promised by senior management.