Bell Helicopter Employer Reviews

Management makes sure goals are reached on or before deadlines. Everyone encourages questions to be asked and is always available to guide young engineers through the learning process.

After ten years with the company I decided to leave as a result of their current direction was not what I saw for my future.

My group was a very supportive entity such that we wanted to be the best amongst the other commodity groups.

In general this is an excellent place to work. Management was reasonable with work load and project deadlines, but being late was not an option.

The hardest part of the job is that sometimes you may be given a nonworking design that someone with less experience else has been working on for an period of time and be expected to make it work properly – more... in a short period of time due to the approaching deadline.....

In summary , Bell has great subject matter experts in about all areas of helicopter design, if you are interested in Helicopters this is the place to be. – less

its a good place to work if you have seniority within the union thats the most difficult thing here besides the rumors of layoffs and the actual layoffs themselves but that is the nature of the business.

Good place to be employed but very unstable due to defense cuts.

A lot of really good people work there. I was proud of working for Bell.

Bell has made strides in the last couple of years but it is still very much a "good old boy" culture. The company is also in the process of updating its business systems but the transition is slow.

Bell Helicopter is a very large, mostly military cultural business. As such there is much resistance to change and change happens very slowly. Bell strives to be the employer of choice in the community, but the actions of many people in management is hindering this objective. Otherwise, Bell is a non-hostile place to work and there are a lot of good – more... people at Bell. – less

I feel there is no advance for women at Bell. They are still stuck in the 50's. As a company it has not evolved in 30 years.

Pro's: good pay and insurance and union(but they are going down hill)

Con's: micromanagement, hiring old men with narrow minds, there is NO zero tolerance!

if you would like to do the same job over and over and not worry about layoffs this is your dream job. its perfect if you have a family they will work with you on a lot of thing. Management is very fun to work for. Co-workers are just very talented mechanics and have taught me a lot. There really isn't anything hard about the job.

Bell was a great place to work as a contractor. The pay was decent and there were opportunities for overtime.

Cost and Schedule Analysis,Mediate between Customer and Management on Cost and Schedule for Dept of Defense/Military.
Work Earned Value while staying Compliant.

No cohesiveness, nobody has an education, they like to dangle jobs in your face and raises but then take them away because they dont want to pay someone to replace you

Overall Bell is great company but, I got layoff not because of my work performance, Because I am Asian and didn't get treated fair.

Responsible for assembly of both the UH1Y Huey, and AH1Z Cobra. Including Mechanical and Airframe assembly. Investigated and initiated corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality. Provided guidance to Engineering/ME regarding design concepts, specification requirements, and planning using IMS, Bill of Materials with Computer – more... Aided Planning, Engineering Orders, and Drawings using BEDVUE. Provided troubleshooting using Ship Discrepancies Inspection, Repair Orders, Material Review Orders, and Limited Design Variations. Fuel systems subject matter expert for the UH-1Y. – less

Bell Helicopter is a Textron company and offers a great work environment and is an award winning helicopter manufacturer.

Great workplace, wonderful job with excellent opportunities.

Enjoy all my co-workers
Work with the application process with companies who want to be International Representatives for Bell
Hardest part of my job is the commute every morning and every evening

Investigating and resolving all issues.
Working at Bell Helicopter is a good place for all kind of engineers.
There are many thing to learn.