Lots of opportunity if you are willing to work for it - Mechanical Engineer III HII Employee Review

3.0
9 Jul 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

HII, specifically Newport News Shipbuilding is a very stable company with lots of opportunity. Shipbuilding is a very unique and interesting business. Hard work is recognized within the company.

Cons

Budgets are tied to government spending and operations can sometimes feel stifled by large amount of formalization of rigid hierarchy. It is also easy to get lost in the shuffle and many are able to float by without much effort.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Good culture, management is good, flexible holidays

Cons

Little room for growth unless someone leaves

2.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote Work, Flex Schedule, Benefits are decent enough.

Cons

It is very much a boys club between management, leads, and HR. HR is there to protect the company, not you. The moment you have something crazy happen (and you will because most people in positions of power are old retired navy guys who cant even work a computer usually and would rather praddle on about "the good ole days") and you report it to HR, you immediately will be retaliated against, even when HR says you wont. Its tough to say how you wont when they immediately inform your supervisor. I also hate how they are an "inclusive" company, and yet I have been called more slurs and received more backlash for being LGBT when its not even being presented, I just want to log in, work, ask questions, log off.

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