US Army reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(47,942 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 47,942 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
Oct 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

free health care, living, cheap day care for kids on post, good school programs, good activities to do for single people and free marriage retreats sometimes. you can set yourself up for a good civilian job depending on what your job is and if your boss will allow you to take certain classes, free college. You can get paid for the rest of your life if you are disabled.

Cons

small rooms w/ roommates for single people, almost no time for college due to field training, no privacy, on call all the time, excessive work, long time away from family during training (1week-6months), this job is not for people wanting to spend time with family a lot, deploy at short notice over seas, your told by the army when to move, frequently work with children and immature adults with a god complex, never know what your doing for work, the job you sign up for tends to not be the job you actually do, punished for small things and personal things, you don't have a voice because your opinion doesn't matter.

4.0
Sep 29, 2021

DONT DO IT

Recommend
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Pros

If you join, get the shortest term available. DO NOT get suckered into a longer contract for a bigger sign-up bonus. Benefits are the best reason to join. Free college, VA home loan, and leadership training. Infantry sounds cool right now because you're probably young, but the skills don't transfer to the civilian sector once you're out. CHOOSE A DIFFERENT MOS.

Cons

The Army OWNS you. They say jump, you ask how high. You can't defend yourself or your leadership will retaliate. They admire obedience overall, so if you want to be treated like a dog, this is the job.

1.0
Sep 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

*Repaid $40k in student loans *The government pays me for the chronic pain they caused, so I guess that's a wash? *You get a couple sets of free clothes when you join *Once a year I get a free Hot-N-Ready Lunch Combo at Little Caesar's Pizza so that's nice I guess. *Free travel but you don't always get to choose where to go and sometimes it's places like a war zone. You get what you pay for I guess. *I saw one Drill Sergeant get fired and an NCO get fired and sent to anger management because they were already real messed up in the head and were put in charge of training new recruits, so that's a unique experience I guess. *I got to experience rural Missouri AND rural Germany in the dead of winter, which isn't like something I wanted, but I probably wouldn't have had the experience of sledgehammering ice off the frozen mud to set up an aid tent had I not enlisted. *I learned a lot about good leadership (not by example, but still). *Met some cool people.

Cons

*Look, if you're on Glassdoor evaluating whether you should join the Army or not, you absolutely should NOT join the Army. *My boss was allowed to come into my bedroom and make sure I was folding my laundry neatly and stuff, which sucked a lot. *They broke my body in a permanent way and now I live with chronic pain and I don't even have a good story for it. *Learned that "this dude is an absolute pervert and we all know this so just kind of stay away from him" is apparently an acceptable response to sexual harassment. *Extreme micromanagement, my boss even dictated what I was allowed to wear day to day. *Pretty cult like, you're expected to engage in these rituals kind of like the Walmart cheer thing, every morning and every evening. *To be honest the whole thing is pretty messed up.

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