US Army reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(47,975 total reviews)
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59% positive business outlook

US Army has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 47,975 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The US Army employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Jun 20, 2018

Not For Everyone

Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities, perspective, life lessons, benefits

Cons

The Army is a purely socialist organization designed to accommodate the lowest denominator. Army culture can be toxicly political. Work/life balance is impossible. No control over duty assignment or position. You are a gear in a very large machine. Overly bureaucratic and wasteful.

1.0
Jun 9, 2018

Senior NCO

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Training, traveling, brotherhood, and a lifetime of memories.

Cons

Politics and cover ups of immoral activity which leaders put subordinates in prison for.

1.0
Jun 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

I wanted to join with a goal to do actual stuff you see in the movies and it might happen if you go SF or another super unique route. There are lots of options. Stable paycheck, cheap healthcare benefits for the whole family. They will NEVER fire you unless you do something very stupid like drugs. Some jobs are better than others for civillian employment even on officer level. Some jobs don't give you any useful skills but will allow you to stay in and retire after 20 years.

Cons

They will NEVER fire you unless you do something really dumb like drugs, etc. I've met lots of people who would get fired from McDonald's due to poor work ethics but able to keep Army job because they learned the system. Nobody on civillian side will pay poor performer as a cook, mechanic, etc 60 k COLA adjusted. Top performers leave Army because there's no real merit inpromotion system. Army doesn't need stars but mediocracies. Mediocracy will make it through by simply notfallingtoo far behind while top performers always want to do better but hit the ceiling. They get no rewards, no sooner promotions, no competitive assignments even in cyber field. I left to work for contractors and make 3 times more money wise pulling only 40 hour work week, not 100 hours of sitting around like conventional Army teaches soldiers.

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