Does Thales pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Thales employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Thales. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Thales?

79% of Thales employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Thales 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Thales?

Software Engineer (499) , Project Manager (160) , Systems Engineer (149) , Senior Software Engineer (138) , Engineer (111) , Software Developer (89) , Ingénieur (81) , Intern (73) , Ingénieur Stagiaire (71) , Manager (66) , Stagiaire (65) , Ingénieur Développement Logiciel (62) , Devops Engineer (54) , Chef De Projet (47) , Program Manager (46)

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

"The work life balance is good and they use the latest tech set in the market ." ((in 376 reviews)); "Workforce are full of knowledge and majority are great people and easy to work with." ((in 328 reviews)); "Good benefits including holiday and lot's of opportunity to collaborate and partner with international employees." ((in 319 reviews)); "Colleagues are nice and helpful" ((in 149 reviews)); "Pay is good and competitive with other like companies." ((in 143 reviews))

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

"Bad management and a lot of dictatorial decisions." ((in 308 reviews)); "the salary is low and the difficult to have evolution" ((in 191 reviews)); "Too many managers controll you" ((in 96 reviews)); "Poor US leadership" ((in 51 reviews)); "Parts are getting lost in the shipping process because there are too many people involved and communication is poor." ((in 42 reviews))

What are employees saying about Thales layoffs in 2026?

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

Thales reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(4,416 total reviews)

Patrice Caine

87% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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Thales has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,416 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Thales 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

4.0

Jun 19, 2025

Dynamic and rewarding workplace

Director category management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Dynamic and innovative company with many different business lines and lots of growth opportunities especially for mobile candidates.

Cons

Can be stressful at times and requires a resilient, hard working candidate to be successful.

1.0

Jun 18, 2025

Good products but weak management

Cybersecurity sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stability ( so far you are in good friendship with your direct boss) , and good benefits, including kids schooling and stock sharing

Cons

Very hectic environment, ME is managed by selfish group of Mafia , who doesn't care about business but cares about their closed circuit affairs.. never recommend anyone to join this sick group

3.0

Jun 17, 2025

Overall good

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good opportunities always learning new things cutting edge technologies

Cons

on-call no bonus/stocks stress work all the time

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