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      3.8

      65% would recommend to a friend

      (32,039 total reviews)
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      100% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

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      US Navy has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 32,039 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 Regierung & öffentliche Verwaltung industry (3.6 stars).

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      32K reviews
      5.0
      Jan 15, 2011

      Outstanding organization to be in, changed so much and not for the better, time for me to retire.

      Commander with 20 years
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      Pros

      Benefits, education, travel, work/management experience, personal and professional growth, great teamwork and camraderie

      Cons

      Deployments, time away from loved ones/family and friends, does not support your partner if you are gay. Military is a dictatorship established to protect the democracy. As such, you surrender your personal freedoms. Example is ordered to get Anthrax and smallpox shots. Overseas liberty has become a joke and exercise in babysitting.

      2.0
      Dec 8, 2010

      Navy is a great place to work but the management is highly incompetent and wasteful...

      Bi consultant
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      Pros

      Less pressure and deadlines as compared to private companies. More stability. Work goes through layers of processes and well tested before goes to production. If the budget is appropriated, your job is secured. Security clearance is required that causes somewhat less competition in the hiring process.

      Cons

      Mangement is senseless wasteful. Government employees do nothing.... Work is for consultants not govies. Security issues are very harsh... such as getting a ticket or something is not ignored. More time is wasted in getting access or security issues than actual work. If you know the right people you can stay there forever else you are as disposable as garbage. The level of technology they use is minimal or obsolete.

      2.0
      Aug 23, 2010

      Its not for everyone.

      E5 sea duty
      Recommend
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      Pros

      great benefits: especially with the new GI Bill, if you just graduated from high school and you are not ready for college or don't have the means to afford it, give your four years and uncle Sam will pay you to go to school. (that's right boys and girls, not just your tuition but also rent and bills) opportunity to travel the world: this really depends on luck but on a ship you will visit a few countries medical, dental, etc. camaraderie

      Cons

      Lots of Bureaucracy ("To change anything in the Na-a-vy is like punching a feather bed. You punch it withyour right and you punch it with your left until your are finally exhausted, and thenyou find the damn bed just as it was before you started punching." -FDR, that was 70 years ago, but it's still the same) You have to sign 4+ years of your life. There is almost no legal way out (such as winning the lottery,) so do not rush into it. Lots of menial tasks Just because you signed up to be a electrician doesn't mean that you will be repair electrical equipment all day. You will clean toilets and wash dishes, stand watch for 5 hours in the freezing cold or the blistering sun with all your gear, etc.

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