Working at United States Navy in Norfolk, VA: 169 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Norfolk, VA Area

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I like most the pride that I have when doing my job. Also what they have given me, such as free college education."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The Navy will get you anywhere you want to go, but only you will be able to make it happen."

What don't you like about working at United States Navy?

"The only thing I do not like about the Navy is leaving my family for a year at a time. I have given my time to the county, now I want to spend the rest with my family."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The US Navy is the finest Navy in the World. I would say, keep doing what they are doing."

"I loved the work, people and experiences; long periods not at home, not so much."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I loved what I did and the multitude of paths I could take. I loved that not only could I be a proficient electronics technician/IT professional, but I could be/was also a Search and Rescue Swimmer at the same time. It let me integrate personal goals with professional ones."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't do it unless you're absolutely positive you can handle being away from your friends and family for 6-12 months at a time."

What don't you like about working at United States Navy?

"Constant change of whom you work for. In my time in I had around 10 different direct supervisors in the 5 years I was stationed on the USS Eisenhower. My most recent one, for 2.5 yrs, he and I don't get along."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less Chiefs and more Indians. While I'm sure management needs to know the status of things asking every 5 minutes, or watching over one's shoulder is not how to get them."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I liked the fact that I got to work with my hands rebuilding and repairing and running various types of equipment in the nuclear reactor department on an aircraft carrier, giving me a skill set to use out in the civilian world."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't do drugs and when you go to the recruiters to have convictions on your record."

What don't you like about working at United States Navy?

"There is nothing about this company that I really didn't like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To make sure that you don't burn out your workers too much."

"I loved the navy and was blessed to be a part of such a great group."

"11 years in the Navy."

"I'll never forget my experiences in the Navy."