Royal Australian Navy Reviews

Pros

no real education or idea on what you are doing with your life this will be the place for you

Cons

losing your soul working like a slave

Advice to Management

have a strong look at the people you are losing

Pros

security, purposeful jobs, training and development

Cons

too politically correct and risk averse

Advice to Management

change for change sake is not beneficial

Pros

young, innovative, growing, lost of opportunity, focussed on becoming an employer of choice

Cons

defence space has some limitations such as security restrictions

Advice to Management

keep growing, keep evolving

Pros

Challenging, responsibility, trained and highly skilled, plenty of continuing professional development

Cons

Unreliable IT resources, complicated processes, heavy workloads, too many micromanagers

Advice to Management

Listen to the junior personnel when organising IT resources, better training of officers in leadership

Pros

Heaps of experiences and travel with continual advancement options always available for hard and committed workers. Plenty of exposure to multiple aviation management disciplines with average postings lasting roughly two years between movements. Thorough training in quality assurance and safety, project, HR and logistical management on top of base trade training.

Cons

Living out of a bag is good when you're younger, but can be burdensome with a young family. Military life is very reactive (for obvious reasons).

Advice to Management

In general, they do very well. Political and media pressures are killing long standing cultures (for good or worse). But it is, what it is.

Pros

Much easier to get hired. Anecdotally standards are lowering to get initially qualified too. Expect to do Navigator/XO time on a patrol boat two seconds after you qualify, and learn on the job - good and bad (early exposure to charge/command).

Cons

Due to current shortages of Don't expect to have much say in terms of your career plan for the first 5-6 years (ie pre PWO Course) due to current shortfalls, and expect sea postings to be extended while they try and fill the personnel gap DO NOT expect to be able to join as a MWO and transfer into another qualification - desperation = once you're in, you're in. On the other hand, very easy to transfer in from... another PQ.

Pros

Good salary for actual work required in most positions, various allowances (housing, seagoing allowance, etc) boost to even higher level. Job security is near total, unless you're really incompetent you have a job for life. Some interesting work, experiences and travel destinations in seagoing positions.

Cons

Length of time away from home when posted to a ship can be excessive, however usually offset by equivalent amount of time posted ashore afterwards. Excessive workload at sea in some positions, especially compared to very light workload in others can be very annoying. Lack of meaningful work in some positions, especially when posted ashore. The job security and lack of accountability mean a minority of your... co-workers are going to be effectively useless.

Advice to Management

Far better workforce management and career planning needed, often very haphazard and reactive management of career. Small number of experienced and highly skilled employees do majority of work, more responsibility and accountability is required down to lowest levels. More accountability is needed for poor performance, it's too easy to do the bare minimum with no consequences (apart from lack of promotion). People... need to be fired for poor performance, make workplace culture the priority over keeping mediocre personnel.

Pros

- People - Travel - Benefits - Job Security

Cons

- Politics - People - Treatment - Incompetence - Quality of 'leaders'

Advice to Management

Realise you are dealing with a new generation. Holding the current generation to a standard set during a different time can only ensure a halting of innovation and/or progression.