US Navy reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(32,046 total reviews)
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56% positive business outlook

US Navy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 32,046 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The US Navy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Gouvernement et administration publique industry (3.6 stars).

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4.0
Jan 22, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Dynamic work environment. A great career. Usually great fellowship and satisfaction with mission. A job other people find interesting.

Cons

Could have long hours and extended time away from home. Frequent moves. Personnel management no longer treats members like family, resulting in personnel being treated with little or no consideration for family stability. Senior promotion is based on community and not on performance accross the corporation. Corporate headquarters in the Penagon, leaders are transiant in nature and are not held accountable for corporation performance. Poor resource planning often results in crisis management in the short term. Cannot transition from strategic vision to proper operational planning.

5.0
Jan 17, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you are strong willed and can manage to be away from home from time to time, the navy is an excellent choice. if you are smart and save, you can be financially secure since day one. Over the course of a 20 year career, if you save as you should and retire with a 20 year pension, your post navy life should be free of any money challenges. Once I leave the navy, i do not plan on working for anyone ever again. Becoming a naval officer was the best decision i have ever made...ever. Retirement is unbeatable...period

Cons

Deployment can ware you down if you are not strong. Time away from family is hard. However, all jobs have there downsides. .

4.0
Jan 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

You are on the pointy end of the stick defending the US and its intrests. You work with great people and it is an adventure. (really I am telling the truth!)

Cons

Long Long Long hours! 6 to 12 to 15 month deployments.... Danger and sometimes fear. (But hey that is the adventure!) Then the fact that you have to be an officer or involved in nuclear power to make big money, Most Junior Officers and senior enlisted do not understand respect but often preach it. Think of it like this... every one is required to do Physical Training, the middle and junior ranks are tracked on completion, but if you are senior enlisted or an officer you can not go /do it and get away with it. plus they are the ones to write the review so they are great at it even though they fail to met the standard.

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