Working at United States Navy in San Diego, CA: 223 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Diego, CA Area

"Joined as a boy, left as a man. The Navy has taught me discipline, responsibility, pride in your work and strong work ethics, as well as all the technical knowledge I possess to this day."

"Loved my job and teaching! Got out of the military because my tour was over."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I loved the structured environment. Being able to teach a class without supervision was a great motivation piece. The trust of management was immediately seen and appreciated and I never let them down."

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

"Everyone is different, the military is not for everyone. There are a lot of benefits, I loved my time serving, but talk to others before joining."

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

"The military had a lot of red tape and the leaders were primarily focused on their own careers. There was a need for constant busy work that I thought was a waste of time and resources."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest to take some time for your subordinates, you need them like they need you to be a good leader, listen to what they say before dismissing it."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"The honor, being cultured. working with great people in a very significant environment."

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

"There are a lot of good jobs in the Navy, but working in a nuclear propulsion plant is not one of them. Find a job that still gives you time to live a life."

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

"The command looks out for their best interest and not the interest of the people they are supposed to support. Long days and hours."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop over thinking everything. Keep it basic and get the job done right without all the needless run around."

"Great experience, superb people."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"The US Navy rocks. Greatest people ever. Lots of great experiences and super educated and intelligent people to learn from."

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

"Have an extraordinary attention to detail in everything that you do and work on."

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

"Long hours and lots of time away from family. Being away from home is the hardest part."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It would be better if the pay scale were better for the lower ranks, it is hard to make it work with a family."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"Training that is provided, and skills needed to be successful in a non-military environment."

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

"If you are looking to start off you career, the Navy is a great way to do that."

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

"Deployments are long and stressful, especially because you are away from your family for months at a time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I cannot suggest too much for management due to the fact that I am a government employee."

"Great job, learned a lot and taught a lot, managed some great people."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"The people, the job, the excitement of it all, travel."

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

"I dont leaders lead and I feel that anyone that's applying should represent that and have some diversity as a leader and manager, managers can manage no matter where you put them."

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

"I love it all, every company has its ups and downs as well as people, so in short there is nothing to not like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"As a manager I feel that you should always look for a way to make the company better, your people better and yourself better, that is what management is all about."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I liked that we got to travel the entire world."

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

"If you want to travel and see the world the Navy is the place to do it."

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

"I did not like the time you had to spend away from your family."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You have to understand that this is the military and not a regular job."

"Summarizing 3 combat deployments is impossible."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"The ability to serve my country."

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

"Make sure you get everything in writing. Recruiters lie and most have no experience. They are in a desk job for a reason."

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

"Hours, pay, lack of quality leadership, new military budget cuts."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's time to care more about your sailors than achieving rank as an officer."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"The best part of my time in the Navy was the ability to travel to different cultures, meeting a diverse group of people, and the challenges of diagnosing defective electronics components."

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

"Come with an open mind and be prepared to earn every penny."

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

"I did not like being away from my family for long periods of time, usually 8 to 10 months. Also, sometimes budget constraints prevented my teams from meeting their production potential."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find what motivates your people and work them to their strengths."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"Job security and various locations, and helping the guy next to me."

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

"Pick the job you can get out of the military and survive."

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

"Always traveling overseas to support both wars with little to no notice."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let the people that know what they are doing do their work and the people who belong in an office stay in there."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I like the experience that you get working in the Navy, some are good, some are bad, but most of them advance your career."

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

"If you decide to join, make sure that it is what you want, because a single decision can make or break your entire career."

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

"The superiors, about half of the time it is incredibly frustrating working for people that have no idea of what you do all the while trying to tell you how to do it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If you're tasked with watching over us, it wouldn't hurt to take time out of your day to learn from us."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"The chance to grow, change and learn. To see new and interesting personnel."

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

"The approach, confidence, flexibility, tenacity, and overall tact. Yet in all essence it's usually a matter of the employer's choice in personnel."

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

"The money, they paid a decent wage, the pay was solid and yet there not a chance for higher pay raises."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, the idea to change a company's way of handling their procedures, is only a way to cause conflict, usually best to follow the boss's choices, unless it becomes contradictory to personal work ethics."

"My experience in the Navy was fulfilling and the best years of my life so far."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"I loved my job and the idea that I was doing what most people can't say they've done."

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

"Tips for others interviewing is to be thorough in your knowledge of your own skills and abilities to do the job."

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

"I didn't like being away from family for so long."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"A great opportunity to travel and see the world while gaining life experiences."

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

"It might seem tough at first, but as time goes by and more experience gained, it will seem so much easier."

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

"Being away from family for an extended period of time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to keep stress levels down by boosting morale and rewarding more personal time when permitted."

"Very rewarding experience."

What do you like about working at United States Navy?

"The people that you work with are amazing and make some of the not so great days bearable."

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

"Be prepared to have good days and bad days, but at the end of the day it's a job not many people will ever get to experience."

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

"The mixed bag of leadership is a major downside of working in a organization the size of the Navy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more open to suggestions and willing to cooperate with your employees."