Is Leonardo a good company to work for?

Leonardo has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 2,524 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 76% of employees would recommend working at Leonardo to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Leonardo have been left by employees working as Operaio Metalmeccanico , Ingegnere Elettronico and Impiegato .

Does Leonardo pay their employees well?

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

How satisfied are employees working at Leonardo?

76% of Leonardo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Leonardo 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Leonardo?

Systems Engineer (94) , Software Engineer (89) , Engineer (68) , Project Manager (64) , System Engineer (45) , Program Manager (30) , Impiegato Tecnico (27) , Buyer (22) , Senior Systems Engineer (22) , Operaio Metalmeccanico (19) , Principal Systems Engineer (19) , Impiegato (17) , Manager (17) , Ingegnere (16) , Manufacturing Engineer (16)

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

"Benefits are good and are average for the industry." ((in 145 reviews)); "Flexibility and good work life balance" ((in 115 reviews)); "Great people and teamworking you'll be happy if you don't want to stretch yourself and continue to only work in you comfort zone" ((in 112 reviews)); "• Good pension (but not as good as it used to be)." ((in 35 reviews)); "Great colleagues to work with" ((in 31 reviews))

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

"Poor management and lack of drive / motivation from leaders." ((in 93 reviews)); "Low salaries compared to the market and difficult to innovate" ((in 69 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 30 reviews)); "All the senior managers have all worked there forever and it's an old boys club." ((in 22 reviews)); "No training, extremely political" ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Leonardo layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Leonardo locations?

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Leonardo reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,341 total reviews)

Roberto Cingolani

91% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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Leonardo has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,341 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Leonardo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospaziale e difesa industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews

2.0

Dec 1, 2022

Old boys club

Lead engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexi working and good benefits package.

Cons

All the senior managers have all worked there forever and it's an old boys club. If you're not part of the clique then your career will not progress. This makes the management and senior engineers very resistant to change and only want to carry on doing what they have always done.

Leonardo Response

3y

Apologies for the late response to your concerns. We have noted your comments and fed them back into the Luton team. Leonardo is committed to demonstrating the social values expected of our current and future employees. In Luton 1 in 4 of our Heads of Engineering Programmes are women. The site has seen over 20 senior engineers join the team in the last 12 months with another 15+ engineers being promoted in the same timeframe. This does not change the fact that as an employee, that this was something you felt strong enough to raise. This being the case, should you wish to discuss this further, we can be reached on social.media@leonardo.com.

2.0

Nov 4, 2022

Just DO it

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible working, Never two days the same, varied work, many varied disciplines, leading edge technology, customer comes first

Cons

lack of communication, support, mediocre pension, considered to be a resource, rather than a person. matrix organisation so that anyone can tell you what to do, with little comeback. Careers can be changed on the whim of individuals. Lack of respect from senior management

Leonardo Response

3y

Thank you for your recent review. Our Basildon senior leadership team is already working to improve communications including employee feedback. Our senior leadership team has introduced weekly drop-ins which anyone can attend. Here anyone can have a conversation directly so they can listen to employee views and act on them. Different VPs are also sharing videos on what they are doing to address employee views that have raised through our Glint feedback. The site’s Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) has also been revived. Please feel free to contact us on social.media@leonardo.com if you would like to discuss this further.

1.0

Oct 27, 2022

Terrible work environment

Assistant project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Onsite parking and some decent projects if you're involved in the right one.

Cons

Poor culture, poor management, poor flexibility they still adopt an old fashion time sheet system. Old ways of thinking, any suggestion for change is shut down and not considered. Below average salary. Tired and run-down office and working conditions/facilities.

Leonardo Response

3y

We are sorry that your short time with Leonardo was not positive and we thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback which we will send to our Basildon team. Our new Basildon management team is currently overseeing the Line of Business at a time of significant growth and is open to different ways of doing things. Across the UK, Leonardo has already implemented custom working practices to allow individual teams to balance how best to support customers with the lifestyles and commitments of team members. Further investment is being made into our IT infrastructure and our site facilities, including the updated Basildon canteen, to complement the other benefits available to our colleagues (see our benefits section).

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