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Great environment, Not So Great Opportunities - Software Developer Naval Sea Systems Command Employee Review

3.0
Oct 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Coworkers are generally great and easy to get along with - Pretty chill environment, business casual - Benefits are great!

Cons

- For software developers, an awful place to work if you want to learn from other software developers. I got lucky and eventually got a good mentor, but was working without any help for a long time. - Not many opportunities for software developers - If you're not interested in Naval Architecture, there's not much to knowledge to gain here unless you get lucky enough to get hired into a well-established development team (which I only know of one) - High expectations for a new hire. I had two years of work experience, and yet was expected to take up the role of Programming Lead. - Very limited ND-5 positions. There's a point where you can't progress with your salary - You have to wear all hats and do more than your job description. I was expected to help purchase software and help with various IT tasks even though I was hired as a software developer for a specific project.

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Pros

Work is fast paced and connected to the mission

Cons

Direction is unclear and often ambiguous

3.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits for the area, unique work that you can't do many other places, good opportunities for travel and promotion

Cons

Commute and parking turns 8 hour shifts into 10 hour shifts, mandatory overtime and travel for periods of several months, frequent shutdowns, very poor morale, terrible first level supervision, mediocre middle management

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