Low Paying but Flexible and Understanding work Environment - Mechanical Engineer II HII Employee Review

3.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

* Lots of knowledgeable people to learn from. * Coworkers are usually willing to help and not too busy to answer questions. * Flexible schedule when personal things come up. * Good benefits. * Interesting work supporting the Navy. * Opportunity to gain experience in different systems and disciplines.

Cons

* Pay is lower than many other engineering companies. * Yearly raises are typically small. * Navy reviews and approvals can slow projects down. * Last-minute customer changes often create rework. * Progress can feel slow due to long response times and bureaucracy.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Work is steady, good benefits, flexible schedule.

Cons

Salary should grow much faster.

2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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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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