Good steady job, Wish the compensation was competitive - Welding Engineer BWX Technologies Employee Review

4.0
Mar 6, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-Interesting and motivating products. -Job security due to contracts being sold very long term and company being a sole source supplier for the Navy. -Great experience -9/80 work schedule is nice. -Minimal "demand" to work beyond regular schedule. -Relatively low expectations compared to more competitive industries. -Steady pay increases year to year ~2.5% -Good work environment -Great people to work with

Cons

-Minimal incentive to be ambitious. -Far too much time (3-4yrs) between hiring and first substantial (>10%) pay increase. -Long term contracts and minimal corporate aid ties local management's hands in regards to compensation progress. (Fixed promotion budget regardless of increased hiring pace) -Loss of experienced workforce due to retirement combined with retention issues for younger employees has created a wide experience gap in most departments. -Management is disconnected with how their actions effect employees career outlook. -Improvement initiatives are slow and painful "we've always done it this way..." -Highly performing employees often compensated similarly to those who contribute the minimum. (Union pay mentality creeping into salary workforce) -Emphasis on headcount over individual performance. -Policy and Paperwork burden on production activities leads to extremely frustrating situations for union and salary employees. (Simple tasks take weeks)

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5.0
May 24, 2026
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Pros

I enjoy working here and hope to retire here in over three decades.

Cons

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2.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

Pay, benefits, and going home at the end of shift are the only good thing about this job.

Cons

Supervisors don't communicate with each other. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing from shift to shift. If you're a woman or person of color, watch your back. Even though there's a union contract that should protect you, it's worthless. If they just don't like you or your political view, they'll fabricate reasons to get rid of you. There's a "salary vs hourly" resentment because hourly gets better pay and benefits through the union. Salary takes that out on hourly. When I was there, overtime wasn't mandatory. That's the only way to have a work life balance, is you get to chose when enough is enough. It's very much a "good old boys club" culture. They make a good show of trying to hire diversity candidates. Again, will find a way to get rid of them as they see fit. They didn't like when I spoke up and told them, it doesn't matter how many women they hire. If we aren't getting the same respect as our male counterparts, it doesn't mean anything. It's such a toxic work environment.

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