US Navy Reviews

Current Employee – been working at US Navy full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Lots of responsiblities and leadership tasks.

Cons – Not enough workers and equipment to use.

Advice to Senior Management – Only one leader, not too many different orders.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at US Navy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – It a great opportunity to go and see some of the world that many people rarely get a chance to do the same. Provides a direction for your life and training if you know, or even if you're unsure of, what you want to do. So be sure to research and maybe Google the job/rate that the recruiter presents to you. And there is not many other organizations or businesses with better benefits or compensation that compares. And you will have a chance to be a part of an on going history and culture that really will define you as a person. Someone should ask about "sea to shore rotation" when considering enlisting. Shore duty is great I have heard.

As for the tech side of the Navy, I really enjoyed working on the equipment even though most of it seemed out dated; fixing something that was not working at all earlier that day is a pretty cool feeling and very satisfying. You'll get a chance to meet some men and women that have been working on military gear for a very long time and these are the people that you want to mentor you if you are working on equipment.

Cons – Very long work hours and almost guaranteed working 2 weekends a month and deployments are not vacations but it is nice to be away from home port due to the countless inspections that keep you there overnight months to almost a whole year or more at a time; but it is a calling and a chance to serve, so the timid beware. Life style restrictions with military punishment (one sailor made this mistake so policy changes with new rules and regulations to follow) are difficult to adjust too. Often undergo training to be informed of these policies and changes, which prevent you from accomplishing what you have to do that day and may stay a bit longer.

Advice to Senior Management – Chief have become very unapproachable, difficult to come to the command with any issues.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at US Navy as a contractor

Pros – Best technical training in the military. High job placement post navy.

Cons – Everything else. 3 or 4 section duty, outrageous requirements, poor oversight, and a bunch more. It's a constant evolution to try to overachieve when the standards are hard enough to meet

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at US Navy full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Plenty of job security, thats it

Cons – Stuck for your contract no way out

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at US Navy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – good opportunities if willing to tow company line and policy.

Cons – Cynicism and complacency. Lack of Leadership

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at US Navy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good pay but that's about it really

Cons – Terrible work conditions, long hours, if someone screws up everyone takes the blame, very difficult to take your vacation time. I ended up losing 60 days worth because of deployments.

Advice to Senior Management – Consider the people under you and not just run thru your own biased viewpoints. It will make life a lot better for all.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at US Navy

Pros – Go place to start
good experience
variety of departments to apply to

Cons – in the middle of nowhere
not the place for young professionals

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at US Navy full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Provides an opportunity to serve your count and do your part in the world.

Cons – In this day and age, the best phrase that sums up the relationship between leadership and the enlisted community is 'a lack of professional trust.'

Advice to Senior Management – Management should stop treating its top talent like children, and let adults make their own adult decisions. E hours are already long enough and hard enough as it is, nobody wants chiefs and junior officers micromanaging every second of your personal time as well.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at US Navy full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Some room for advancement
other locations treat employees well
decent corporate benefits

Cons – any company that undervalues education as much as the US Gov't does when hiring out of college, will always undervalue those employees (see furloughs for proof)
benefits, which so many think are obscene, cost the employee as much or more than anywhere else, (for example, full time at home depot has the same benefits as full time for gov't)

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure you dont let your own politics (or ineptitude in corporate politics) hold your employees back

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at US Navy full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Serving my country, good health insurance, housing allownace, and not much else. oh i got to live in 3 different states, but still ended up back home

Cons – long work hours, time at sea away from family, no having a say to anyone above you at all

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company