US Army Reviews

Pros

Great promotion potential and you can easily plan out your life using the posted pay scales. Great benefits, but the life-family balance is off.

Cons

Long hours. Balancing life and family is difficult. Must be willing to put in a significant amount of time to be successful-- but that really isnt a con.

Pros

Leadership development, responsibility, and competence.

Cons

Army life is tough but still rewarding when you're finished.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of bad officers.

Pros

Strong working environment where professional development is encouraged. Dedication to duty and performance are well rewarded. An organization where the needs of mission accomplishment well surpass your own. Strong satisfaction with getting things done the right way.

Cons

Very demanding work environment can exist at various echelons. Mentorship, leadership, and professional development skills have seemed to become overshadowed by current world events. National policy has dictated the restructuring of the force dependent upon national priorities, and valuable resources will be let go to meet personnel manning requirements.

Advice to Senior Management

Spend more time developing leaders now. Stabilize the force structure within organizations and don’t realign them by moving 95% of force out of an organization after a combat deployment.

Pros

Decent amount of hands on learning.
Focused on management.
Learn to cross-coordinate and work as a group.
Translates well to corporate management.

Cons

Hours are often horrendous (0630am-600pm most days).
Promotion is based on regulations and meeting minimum criteria, instead of being based on merit and comparative performance vs. peers.

Advice to Senior Management

The Army's promotion scheme needs to be completely retooled. Too many officers are promoted, simply because it is "their turn", when they have met only the most basic criteria, or have performed "on par". At the same time, the highest-level performers are typically promoted at the exact same rate, providing no incentive to excel.

Pros

Amazing benefits and great way to better yourself as a person

Cons

The advancement is a little difficult and you have to work for it but overall a great place to work

Advice to Senior Management

make up your mind

Pros

Secure and Stable environment to work

Cons

Negative leadership is always a downer

Advice to Senior Management

Keep your head down and do your job

Pros

Good Salary and Benefits, Great Travel opportunities and training

Cons

Long periods of time away from home

Advice to Senior Management

Morale should be taken more seriously

Pros

Benefits package is great if you can use it. Many 3 and 4 day weekends, as well as 1 month per year of paid leave. Good mid-level leaders take time with lower enlisted to grow them as soldiers and men.

Cons

Long work hours. Often stayed at work for 2-3 hours longer than needed waiting on higher-ups to release us. Some leaders lack ability to spread information or give direction without losing temper.

Advice to Senior Management

Once soldiers are at the unit, spend more time trying to mold them and make them better than breaking them down.

Pros

Well, the pay and benefits are great. People complain about the pay, but it was pretty nice for me. I added up all my benefits, like COLA, BAH, BAS and it came out to over 60K a year. I love that paid vacation and free health care too!

Cons

Well... deployments obviously. Stupid people making your life hell. Being a Jr enlisted sucks if you're in the barracks, because you aren't treated like an adult but like a kid. Great if you're 18-20 and need guidance, but not if you're 30 yr old and a SPC. Lots of other things suck when you're in the Army, but you don't let it get to ya, that's what being in the Army is all about. Embracing the suck.

Advice to Senior Management

How come as soon as I leave y'all change the beret rule? Figures!!

Pros

good benefits, good opportunities. lots of travel.

Cons

you risk your life for not much pay sometimes