8.5

/10

Transparency Ranking

ADS

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Securing UK advantage
top 3
scores:
83%

Autonomy

81%

Hours flexibility

80%

Location flexibility

ADS

Aerospace
Security

ADS is the UK trade association advancing leadership in aerospace, security, defence and space, to enable prosperity and clean, secure growth for our nation.

2 days/week at home

9-day fortnight

Core hours 9–5.30

Transparency score
8.5

/10

This score gives you an insight into how transparent this company is about what it's really like to work there—from flexibility to values and more!

83%
FlexScore®

Based on 60 employee responses

We asked employees of ADS what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
80%
Employees are largely happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
81%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
80%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
70%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
78%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
83%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Benefits spotlight

scales
9-day fortnight
handshake
Open to job sharing
hourglass flowing sand
Open to part time work for some roles
stopwatch
Open to compressed hours
desert island
Work from anywhere scheme
person doing cartwheel
Flexible working week
face with thermometer
Enhanced sick pay
bouquet
Compassionate leave
airplane
Travel insurance
clock830
Time off in-lieu
beach with umbrella
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
shopping trolley
Buy or sell annual leave
beach with umbrella
Optional unpaid leave
zzz
Company shutdown periods
woman feeding baby
Enhanced maternity leave
family
Shared parental leave
man feeding baby
Enhanced paternity leave
bike
Cycle to work scheme
moneybag
Salary sacrifice
ring buoy
Life insurance
chart with upwards trend
Annual pay rises
nerd face
Skilled worker visas
baggage claim
Employee assistance programme
heart decoration
Volunteer days
people holding hands
Teambuilding days
brain
L&D budget
rescue worker’s helmet
Enhanced sick days
green heart
Mental health platform access
nest with eggs
Fertility benefits
drop of blood
Menstrual leave
weight lifter
Gym membership
pound
Wellbeing allowance
hospital
Health insurance
womens
Women’s health leave
heart hands
Mental health days
mending heart
Pregnancy loss leave
baby
Childcare credits
baby
Adoption leave
admission tickets
Cinema discounts
handshake
Charity donation scheme
pretzel
Fully stocked snack cupboard
person in lotus position
Meditation space
ring buoy
Life assurance
pound
Interest free loans
station
Travel loan

ADS jobs

Admin Assistant

Farnborough, United Kingdom

Speculative Application

United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

Working at ADS

Company employees

106

Gender diversity (male:female)

50:50

Currently Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

Office Locations

Awards & Achievements

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About us

Whether representing industry, connecting our members with business opportunities or driving forward innovation and growth, ADS is at the forefront of an array of activities, events and programmes that benefit our members.

ADS’s 1200+ members are the custodians of a world-leading advanced engineering and services workforce.

Our aims are to expand this unique workforce capability and national advantage by delivering sector investment and knowledge to the frontiers of advanced manufacturing. ADS promotes its members in lifting the limits to a new future built on clean growth, sovereign capabilities for peace, and opening space to all.

Collectively ADS will lead our sectors to remove the barriers to the UK expansion of our workforce as a route to economic rebalancing and productivity gains, helping make the advanced economy fairer and stronger. It will achieve this by bringing together local policy leaders around detailed plans to expand engineering jobs into new communities, bringing in real, quality jobs and purposeful, proud careers.

Farnborough International Limited (FIL), which runs the Farnborough International Airshow, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ADS Group Ltd.

Flexible working at ADS

ADS’s people are our most important asset. As a trade association, the value we offer our members across all four of our sectors is built on the services we provide, the access we can offer and the relationships we hold. We are the voice of our industries, building partnerships and supporting our members to develop new opportunities in the UK and around the world, helping them to grow and to sustain more than 400,000 jobs. We aim to achieve a standard that compares with the best of our peers in any sector.

Since the return to regular office work following the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, we have successfully trialed a hybrid working system across all our sites and announced a new extended remote working policy.

And in 2022 we rolled out a much broader package of enhancements to the benefits we offer our employees. These enhancements include significant improvements to the paid leave we offer to new parents, as well as additional holiday linked to long service, and additional flexibility such as the option to work a nine-day fortnight, or to purchase additional annual leave.

We hope all our employees find them beneficial, and a signal that we value our whole team at ADS, and we hope they will support staff in developing their careers here as well as achieving a good balance between work and home lives.

Approach to diversity & inclusion

ADS Group celebrates diversity in all its forms.

At ADS, we believe that when people feel respected and included they are more innovative, productive and successful.

While we have more work to do to advance our DEI agenda, we are building a culture of equity and inclusiveness and a workplace we can be proud to be a part of.

Meet who might be hiring you

Hi! I’m Kirsten, Recruitment, Learning and Development Manager at ADS Group. We pride ourselves on a work culture that puts our people first, providing an open and supportive environment that prioritises our employees. Whether you’ve been with the business for months, years or even decades, we pride ourselves on our friendly, supportive and dynamic environment that values the work-life balance of our people.

Awards & Achievements

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Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2024
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Professional Services

Industry awards 2023

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