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 365 reviews)); "Good benefits and co workers" ((in 226 reviews)); "Great team and people!" ((in 215 reviews)); "With the benefits of large companies that does not have to cut many costs (Good salaries and perks)." ((in 200 reviews)); "Good culture and people." ((in 168 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 183 reviews)); "Bad managers who have no technical knowledge" ((in 47 reviews)); "manque de communication" ((in 36 reviews)); "Poor leadership in the working force." ((in 20 reviews)); "Too much office politics Not much room to grow career" ((in 17 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.

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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

Ratings by category

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 Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews

2.0

Jul 25, 2016

Lead Design engineer

Lead design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good employee benefits. Good work life balance. Good for growth and development.

Cons

Need to improve a lot in employee friendliness especially dealing with Non EEA nationals.

2.0

May 1, 2016

Time for change

Operations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really good bunch of engineers, very talented and visonary

Cons

Management need to go. No direction, No leadership, too much process, lack of support.

2.0

Apr 12, 2016

Senior Software Enginner

Simulation engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

nice people, nice people, nice people, nice people, nice people, nice people, nice people.

Cons

old fashioned development style, frozen development tools for many many years (in 2016 they haven't upgraded g++ to support C++11, and many more). clock in and out.

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