US Navy Reviews

Pros

Professional growth and advancement are unlimited. The opportunity to travel the world and be a part of a truly outstanding team is one of the biggest pluses of the US Navy.

Cons

Long hours and lots, and lots of hard work. 6 month deployments are presonally challenging and strain relationships within families.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue selecting the best of the best applicants and never fold to the pressure of quotas. During downsizing do your homework and weed out those who don't offer the best potential for growth.

Pros

Gain structure, maturity and sense of pride in what you do. Focused on doing the job right the first time with a professional manner.

Cons

you have to be dedicated to the job. You also put a great deal of time and effort into everything that you do.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't forget about the junior sailor and don't focus on stellar performer's. There are numerous amount of people that give everything they have on a daily basis.

Pros

The Navy offers all able bodied citizens the opportunity to improve there professional and leadership experience, it offers education opportunities, and numerous travel opportunities.

Cons

The Navy has ships, ships go out to sea, so you will find yourself away from home for long periods of time. Overall the percentage of travel time, to time at home is similar to that of a busy consultant, but the time away from home is concentrated in increments of 6 months to a year. Besides time away from home, promotion and demotion are VERY bureaucratic and without good management by Chiefs and Officers, the workplace can become a demotivating place for hardworking sailors.

Advice to Senior Management

Set the example with your work ethic, professionalism, and dedication to the mission and your team. Do not tolerate insubordination but also do not treat sailors like cleaning machines.

Pros

Active duty is good for some and not for others. So join the reserves it is easy to go active duty from the reserves, going the other way is very difficult!

Cons

This is a little sarcastic but it's true, "If you want out, we keep you in, if you want in, we kick you out!.

Advice to Senior Management

Audit supply, 300 dollar nuts, bolts and screws which are available at lowes!"

Pros

Always an adventure
Pretty good pay as an officer
Comraderie

Cons

The services are shrinking so your career can be pulled out from under you.
Your time is not your time, and you can be sent anywhere at any time.
Diversity has gone way overboard and is not putting people who are not even close to qualified or competent in leadership roles based on demographics.

Advice to Senior Management

Fix the promotion process.

Pros

Unmatched benefits and stability. Opportunities to travel and manage projects and equipment far beyond peers in industry.

Cons

No advancement beyond scheduled advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Advance based on talent

Pros

Masters Degree was paid for and you work with top researched in your field

Cons

No future for growth if you don't have a PhD

Advice to Senior Management

Try to match what other companies are paying their employees.

Pros

ok income for a easy job
good benefit for family
training
if you can qualified nuke, intel, navy seal, it will be good money and advancement or you are willing to be a cook, ship painter, or warehouse tech, you may do 20 year

Cons

make some money regardless how many hours you work
long deployment (min 12 hr a day+drill+watch+..../7 day a week)
no longer career guarantee

Pros

You can use the benefits to get better training to move to another job.

Cons

Disheartening to watch management give jobs to family and friends vice workers who earned it.

Advice to Senior Management

Be fair, ask for feedback, communicate and no nepotism.

Pros

Very challenging, great opportunities, diverse work environments, fantastic travel opportunities, strong sense of team and ownership, great training programs, solid career progression, solid pay/advancement opportunities.

Cons

Long hours, stressful work situations

Advice to Senior Management

None