Leonardo named in Glassdoor list of Best Places to Work 2025

22 January 2025

Leonardo is pleased to announce we are among the winners of the annual Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards for the first time, a list of the Best Places to Work in 2025.

Unlike other workplace awards, there is no self-nomination or application process. Instead, it’s entirely based on the feedback our employees have voluntarily and anonymously shared on Glassdoor. 

No self-nominations. No surveys. No pay-to-play. Just reviews.

To determine the winners of the awards, Glassdoor evaluates company reviews shared by current and former employees over the past year. This year, we are proud to be recognised as a ‘Best Place to Work’ among UK companies with more than 1,000 employees. For the complete list of the Glassdoor Best Places to Work winners in 2025, please visit: gldr.co/BPTWUK.

Wendy Allen, Leonardo UK People Director, said: “I am thrilled that direct feedback from our employees has placed us amongst the best places to work in the UK. This external recognition confirms that our drive for change is gaining momentum and aligning the way we work with benchmark organisations. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their experiences working at Leonardo during the past year.”

Below are just a few words employees from the across Leonardo’s UK sites shared on Glassdoor, that contributed towards the award and make us feel incredibly honoured:

“Excellent work environment and flexible work. Colleagues are friendly and supportive.”
IT team member, Luton

“Leonardo is a great place to work in my experience. Lots of flexibility and very veteran friendly, with a vision from senior leadership that sees rapid expansion as a prime defence company.”
Engineering Capability Leader, Edinburgh

“Abundant projects to get involved with. Flexible working hours.”
AFCS Engineer, Yeovil

“Exciting projects to work on, good company culture, great work life balance, managers care about their employees.”
Principal Software Engineer, Edinburgh

“Life work balance is great.”
Project Lead, Basildon

“Flexible working, home working, supportive network of managers and peers, company benefits are amazing, quarterly get-togethers.”
Project Manager, Bristol

“Good benefits. Nice colleagues. Good location. Good pay. Good flexibility and work life balance.”
Principal Mechanical Engineer, Luton

Careers

Leonardo offers amazing job opportunities for experienced hires, as well as award-winning programmes for people at the start of their careers.

Leonardo's award-winning graduate training programme is designed to support your first steps after leaving university and help you develop your career.

Highly-regarded programmes offering intensive training lasting 2-4 years, with apprentices gaining a substantial depth of skills in their specialist area.

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Leonardo UK has achieved Gold level accreditation for Investors in People's (IIP) 'We Invest in People', 'Investors in Young People' (IIYP) and 'We Invest in Wellbeing', reflecting our commitment to supporting the development of all employees.

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