Is Airbus a good company to work for?

Airbus has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 9,006 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 84% of employees would recommend working at Airbus to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Airbus have been left by employees working as Ingénieur Stagiaire , ingénieur and Data Analyst .

Does Airbus pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Airbus employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Airbus. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Airbus?

84% of Airbus employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Airbus 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Airbus?

Engineer (250) , Intern (194) , Project Manager (156) , Software Engineer (147) , Internship (135) , Systems Engineer (99) , Ingénieur (76) , Stagiaire (75) , Manager (71) , Ingénieur Stagiaire (68) , Data Scientist (56) , Werkstudent (53) , Manufacturing Engineer (51) , Associate Engineer (46) , Chef De Projet (42)

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

"Good work life balance is good" ((in 363 reviews)); "Good benefits and co workers" ((in 237 reviews)); "Great people and outstanding mission" ((in 202 reviews)); "With the benefits of large companies that does not have to cut many costs (Good salaries and perks)." ((in 199 reviews)); "Good culture and people." ((in 162 reviews))

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

"Poor management of employees causes punishment of the whole team whether you’re competent in your job or not" ((in 182 reviews)); "Bad managers who have no technical knowledge" ((in 49 reviews)); "poor communication early on and throughout application process and first year." ((in 36 reviews)); "Poor leadership in the working force." ((in 22 reviews)); "Office politics everywhere." ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Airbus layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Airbus layoffs and their outlook for job security at Airbus in 2026.

What Airbus locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Méaulte , Bouguenais , Suresnes , Blagnac , Dugny , Le Bourget , Saint-Nazaire , Rochefort , Toulouse , Montoir

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4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(3,666 total reviews)

Guillaume Faury

94% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

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4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Airbus has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,666 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Airbus employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aérospatiale et défense industry (3.6 stars).

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4.0

Nov 5, 2012

Great Systems - No Products and Innovation

Systems engineer

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Pros

Chance to work on unique and great projects A lot of chance to further develop yourself A lot of projects and chances to switch to other projects and business lines

Cons

No innovation, no real new products - safety first! Just introduced the Expert Career Path for a Technical Career branch Not the feeling that management can move anything A lot of fences between departments

4.0

Nov 4, 2012

Very big company with great products and an interesting place to work at.

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

To work at Airbus brings a lot of work benefits and a good salary. When you have a 40h week you wont be working much more hours than that, which gives a good work/life balance. Also it is great to take the ferry shuttle to work in Hamburg. There are a lot of interesting subjects to work on and you have all kinds of airplanes, including the A380 near you all day long!

Cons

The company is very big and therefore slow with changes and your visibility as an employee to the upper management is lower than in a smaller company. The site in Hamburg is quite big, that you dont meet your friends from work so often.

1.0

Oct 24, 2012

Acronyms rule the day

Systems engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Friendly colleagues Impressive end product (not that you'll ever see much of it)

Cons

Talking in acronyms is common to any sphere of work, but here it really does rule the day and I expect many of the misguided souls who work here feel proud to be 'on the inside'. Astrium is a company of one-trick ponies grinding their way slowly through meetings about meetings not to mention the endless paperwork. It's amazing to think that working products actually emerge at the end of this slow and inefficient process. Pay is in the lower quartile relative to other sectors and career progression poor. So many people here seem trapped with no transferable skills and boy don't HR know this. Ok for contractors as a last resort but again pay rates are low. If you really must work in the space sector, seek out opportunities in Canada and the USA.

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