US Air Force reviews

Even as an officer you start out like a slave. The military is a modern form of indentured servitude. What they don't tell you is that one person's opinion can ruin your career and get you kicked out without due process. The ridgid rank structure breeds a culture of pencil-whippers and wasteful spending. People are laid off while $100,000+ temporary walls are installed in a building because the commander thought a room was too big. Working for the military is selling years of your life and freedom.

Everyone is called a leader but a lot of high ranking people should barely be called managers. A lot of incompetent people get promoted but the hard working ones struggle to do so. The promotion process are subjective and the units are told how many people can they recommend for promotion. You can get a definitely promote (regardless if you checked your boxes or not) by coming from any military school, been a prior service, earning a medal on combat or butt kissing. Unfortunately, the last one demotes the importance of the previous three. It's hard to retain the new generation because they can't stand the bureaucracy and incompetence that we dealt with every day. Everything takes twice as longer as it should because everyone is "too busy" to do they job. I've never seen a such ineffective place to do things.