14 Boatswain's Mate Reviews
Boatswain's Mates give their job an average rating of 3.9 out of 5.0. The Boatswain's Mates happiest with their jobs are employed by United States Navy with an average rating of 4.7 while the Boatswain's Mates least happy with their jobs work for United States Coast Guard with an average rating of 3.1.
Submit a Review"I love being a boatswains mate and being able to operate boats in a tactically fashion to carry out missions to provide safety to our country. On the other hand the things I don't like about my job is the time spent away from home on training and deployment operations."
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"Loved the travel, too much work."
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"Travel."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be under 42."
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"Senior personnel were always right."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"There is more than one way of doing something."
Boatswain's Mate Career Rating Comparison
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"Great for start of career."
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"The best thing I have ever done"
What do you like about working at United States Coast Guard?
"I learned so much in the Coast Guard."
What don't you like about working at United States Coast Guard?
"The hours are long, and you can't quit."
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"I loved and hated it."
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"The songs, the drinking, what little I remember."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Remember. It's prison with benefits and saluting."
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"I can't remember right now..."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"GET RID OF THE BELL BOTTOMS! Their dangerous and... well, the '70s are over!"
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"The US Navy allowed each individual to advance at their own pace and were recognized for their achievements."
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"Being deployed for months at a time with little notice."
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"It is the military, enough said."
What do you like about working at United States Coast Guard?
"I liked having the ability to make decisions on my own that affected the outcome of everyday tasks and making difficult decisions in stressfull times."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"N/A"
What don't you like about working at United States Coast Guard?
"After six years I just got tired of working for the government and having to put up with so much just to do a simple job."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"The military is the military and you just do your time and stay in if you like it or leave and move on which is what I am doing."
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"Great job."
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"I loved the traveling."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Make sure anything that you do is written down and on paper."
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"It was my time so I didn't like my job all the time and they would not let me become a SEAL like they told me they would."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I was asked to become an officer many upon many times. I just knew that unless I was a high officer that no one would listen to me."
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"Great."
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"The education and the skills, the travel and the people."
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"Politics."
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"Travel."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"No, they'll pretty much take anyone right now!"
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"Traveling all the time to nowhere."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Listen to lower management, quit starting wars!"
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"The best job I ever had."
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"Love this job."
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"The traveling."
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"Limited personal time."
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"Best experience I ever had!"
What do you like about working at United States Navy?
"Highly motivating enviroment. Intense and do it right the first time attitude. Gave me the sense of self-pride and accomplishment."
What don't you like about working at United States Navy?
"Time away from family."
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