11 Feb 2022
Good company, lots of development, growing
Anonymous employee
NATS Reviews
4.3
85% would recommend to a friend
Martin Rolfe
84% approve of CEO
77% positive business outlook
NATS has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 194 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The NATS employee rating is 22% above average for employers within the Transportation and logistics industry (3.5 stars).
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194 reviews
1.0
9 Sept 2016
avoid if you are a DevOps with any self respect
Current employee, less than 1 year
Southampton, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
could not find any really none at all - nice modern offices and cycle paths around the business park?
Cons
- IT and Infrastructure from the 90" - does feel like going back couple of decades - heavy on "waterfall" - no idea how to do Agile or Devops and unwilling to learn - managers with no technical knowledge making technical decision and ignoring all advice - power cliques and power gripping, nepotism and culture of fear - innovation, technical challenge and collaboration is not welcomed - value measured by statistics and complacency to managers instead of contribution - project team ratio of Engineering to Non-Engeeniering is ridiculous - there is 4-5 non-engineering personnel (design leads, architects, managers) per single Engineer on a project - micromanagement - no respect for individuals and no talent management - security department is running this company and blocks any decent initiatives to improve
5.0
26 Jul 2017
Evolving at a pace - and it's exciting!
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 10 years
Whiteley, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
I've been with NATS for 12 years now - and it's been exciting from day 1. I've seen the company evolve from being wholly government owned to the balanced commercial and regulated organisation it is today. Whilst safety has always been at the core of everything NATS does - it's been exciting seeing the Leadership team take it into new commercial areas - in particular the recent investment in Searidge Technologies the Digital Tower company. As an employee - I've always found NATS to be a company keen to invest in its people. They actively support training and mentoring and the internal opportunities for going on secondments in different parts of the business or even moving jobs internally are very good. I've read some comments about the Business IT - but I find that interesting - as compared to my previous companies - I've found the IT to be pretty good and am aware of a project underway to update current systems with the latest industry leading cloud offerings - so I see a company willing to invest there too. I'm based at the Whiteley HQ but also spend time at the Swanwick Centre and both sites are impressive. Whiteley has an excellent shopping village with top brands, restaurants, cinema and leisure facilities (not to mention the woods for walking). I drive to work - and we have on site parking but I have heard the public transport options aren't great. However NATS does operate a staff bus that goes to and from main train stations to help. After 12 years, I'm still here, still engaged, interested and evolving as a professional. The package is good, the environment is good, the people are great - I'd recommend it.
Cons
There are those that like progress and embrace change, and those that are naturally less keen, critical and skeptical- and NATS has a healthy mix. Those resistant to change often raise good reasons and rational. But as somebody who embraces progress - it can be slow and frustrating to work through the necessary channels to bring about improvements in an area. I suspect this is just a consequence of working in a large, intelligent and safety first (thus risk mitigating) company.
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