Looks good on paper! - Industrial Engineer HII Employee Review

3.0
30 Jun 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Can almost always guarantee a raise each year, although minimum. Seems like you can promote quick enough, if your in with the right people!

Cons

If your a salaried employee you can plan to work a lot of unpaid OT, for that matter, scheduled unpaid mandatory overtime at a moments notice through email. You will get very little to no satisfaction from your job because upper management will take whatever you produce and spin it either good or bad to make whatever CM or PM or VP happy! Your employment contract discusses flex time as a benefit, HAHA! You can give that up, I submitted many times sheets in my years there with well over 40 hours and still be expected to use PTO to cover a long lunch or maybe walking through the gate at 6:31am! Attrition throughout the company is rampant! Many talented young people leave because of the above, Ingalls will have a hard time running a shipyard when the people to old to get a new job retire!

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5.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible hours, relaxed office, slow

Cons

Too slow, when theres no work to do there is nothing to do. No phones allowed in office

3.0
28 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They will hire new engineering undergraduates with limited or no prior work experience, when they have hiring waves. Wide range of teams to work for across many disciplines. Options to move around between teams within a division or change divisions are available. Can get to work directly with trades performing the work you organize or design. Submarines and carriers are cool. 8% retirement match is good if you plan on staying long-term or for your career.

Cons

Short-sighted upper management. Current leadership is increasingly draconian. I joined in part due to various perks which were later removed. Like anywhere, your immediate team management will make or break your experience here. Some teams lack the needed personnel. Leads to "putting out fires" constantly instead of being able to make headway with projects to improve processes or designs. Pay has gotten better but does not keep up with the level of experience. Feels like you will only be rewarded if you stay here your entire career. PTO could be better, especially as they removed sick days a number of years ago. Over investment into AI with no tangible benefit. Health insurance costs recently rose. Current plans for salaried employers nearly doubled in their monthly cost.

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