Pros
-Not the worst yard out there, worked for Huntington Ingalls Industries for just shy of 10 years and learned alot in my time with the company. Attended alot of training courses and classroom sessions over that period and felt that my job was pretty secure for the most part. -Good pay -
Cons
-Alot of the buildings are old and falling apart -The company gives decent vacation time once you've been there a few years or more, sick time or personal time does not exist though so you will be required to use your personal vacation for appointments, getting sick, family matters etc.. -The shipyard environment in general supports a large % of lazy workers, the reason for this is that hard workers or even people that want to help there coworkers in general will be taken advantage of while others sit around or do bare minimum. -Shifts will change alot. I did not mind this fact for the most part and the overtime pay was very good when there. But it wasnt uncommon to work 8 hour shifts, then 12 hour shifts, then 10 hours shifts etc.. so be open to that possibility. When the company makes these changes they expect you to be there. It's not mandatory but it is mandatory if you understand me. -And last but not least, I was LAID OFF. So that would be a CON for the company because I feel that the company employees that get paid a large % more than the worker bees on the bottom should tighten up and only hire enough employees to comfortably get the project completed, instead they hire as many as they can when funding is allotted and when that project is done... not every one will have a home. Unfortunately your job may be a sacrificed due to a project in a completely separate department and area getting completed.
