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 decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Thales?

80% 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 (498) , Project Manager (160) , Systems Engineer (149) , Senior Software Engineer (138) , Engineer (110) , Software Developer (89) , Ingénieur (81) , Intern (73) , Ingénieur Stagiaire (71) , Manager (66) , Stagiaire (64) , Ingénieur Développement Logiciel (62) , Devops Engineer (53) , 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 381 reviews)); "Workforce are full of knowledge and majority are great people and easy to work with." ((in 332 reviews)); "Good benefits including holiday and lot's of opportunity to collaborate and partner with international employees." ((in 327 reviews)); "Pay is good and competitive with other like companies." ((in 159 reviews)); "Colleagues are nice and helpful" ((in 145 reviews))

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

"Bad management and a lot of dictatorial decisions." ((in 316 reviews)); "the salary is low and the difficult to have evolution" ((in 190 reviews)); "Too many managers controll you" ((in 95 reviews)); "Poor US leadership" ((in 50 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.

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3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,410 total reviews)

Patrice Caine

86% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Thales has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,410 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

Feb 26, 2018

Thales Avionics Irvine - Good company with hard working employees

Shared service function

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay with great benefits and global career opportunities Top down effort to transform company through investment in tools and personnel development Driven to succeed in extremely competitive and disruptive market

Cons

Challenging work environment due to transformation, bi-coastal integration/coordination and high volume NPI projects Engineering oriented company with lean shared service functions (IT, HR, Fin) that struggle to support business growth and internal customer requirements

1.0

Oct 18, 2017

None

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is small enough to be recognized

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Not too exited by management team

2.0

Jul 11, 2017

Terrible work life balance

Assistant project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with on my project Flex hours Good benefits

Cons

People are overworked Unrealistic deadlines constantly set Won't be honest with stakeholders Horrible upper management that now, thinking back, remind me of the US government. Just a bit antiquated and lots of nepotism and not a lot of actual knowledge.

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