Was great, becoming shady - QA Engineer BWX Technologies Employee Review

2.0
Feb 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I love the 9/80 program

Cons

They make you work 4 hours of overtime for free before they will pay you for it. The have a mandatory 4 hours a week overtime you must work, and they are limiting your paid overtime all while charging the customer for the overtime. Instead of trying to meet delivery goals, they focus on hours sold. Having salary work overtime will not get the product delivered on time. They push the limits of legal time charging. How does one get 40 hours of work done in 44 hours so the company can charge the customer more money for less work. Absolutely obscene!

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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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