US Navy Reviews

Pros

Health care benefits, job security, Post 9/11 GI Bill, Continuing Education

Cons

Long work hours, stressfull, competative, do not get paid for overtime

Advice to Senior Management

Don't treat your staff like worker bees and not acknowledge them for their hard work. Be more involved in knowing your junior officers and enlisted members they are the foundation of the organization. Do not tolerate corrupt "good ol boy" behavior especially noted amongst the chiefs mess.

Pros

Training, travel, increasing levels of responsibility.....SERVICE to YOUR Country. work with newest technologies and equipment. Work with finest people concrned with becoming a team. Development of a second family due to the tight nit relationships establish due to the unique job settings

Cons

Time away from family when deployed. Three and four years moves. Multiple deployments. You may be subject to dangerous situations

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce overhead and infrastructure staffing.....Conitnue to provide increased training and responsibility opportunities. Reduce times for senior level staffing and decision making

Pros

There really aren't any fortune 500 companies that will take a random kid off the street and give them such a huge amount of responsibility. Even if you don't plan on making it a career it can really benefit a young person. That wants to get their college paid for.

Cons

Extremely long working hours. Sometimes the leadership is there because they have been around longer and not because they are the most competent.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop spending money on the best weapons systems and use that money to retain the best people.

Pros

You can go as far as YOU want to go. You are responsible for your success and failure.

Cons

There are so many options available to Sailors; unfortunately most are not pursued – due to lack of knowledge.

Pros

Room for advancement.
Outstanding leadership training which results in outstanding leaders.
Encourages people to take on more responsibilities.
Your career is in your hands. Advancement based on tests and evaluations, not politics.

Cons

6 month deployments take you away from family.
Ship gets underway periodically.
Too many review boards to pass making it difficult to stay in for some people.

Advice to Senior Management

Less review boards and more opportunities for advancement.
Allow outstanding sailors in overmanned jobs to stay in current job field to remain on active duty.

Pros

I learned vaulable skills and had the opportunity to lead a diverse group of outstanding men and women.

Cons

The worst thing about the Navy is time spent away from family.

Pros

Ability to work around the world and still have connections

Cons

Deployments and the family seperation

Advice to Senior Management

Beware trends

Pros

It's an opportunity to get a great deal of responsibility and experience at a very young age.
Educational and training opportunities that are unmatched.
Travel

Cons

There are long hours.
Spend a great deal of time away from home and family.
The promotion structure can be slow even if you are a standout performer.

Advice to Senior Management

Consider looking beyond the standard times in rate and, instead, have a promotion structure that really is based entirely upon performance, potential, and ability.

Pros

Great alternative to going straight into college. Great medical benefits.

Cons

Long times away from home and family. Long hours with no overtime.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to listen to your workers. Spend extra time developing weaker workers until they master their job title.

Pros

Great Benefits, and extremely interesting and exciting equipment to work on.

Cons

The RED TAPE is crazy stupid but you learn to deal with it.