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Not for Technical People - Mechanical Engineer BWX Technologies Employee Review

1.0
Nov 3, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Lynchburg has a low cost of living. The salaries at the company have become more competitive over the last year. If you are interested in getting some managerial experience to add to your resume, there are a lot of opportunities here. The company is also desperate to hire engineers, so there are opportunities even if you were not the most serious of students.

Cons

Lack of competent leadership. Lots of nepotism in the managerial ranks. The company is very unaccepting of individuals that do not match a certain profile. Discrimination is tolerated. Your manager will not be able to help you learn your job, and most of the experienced engineers left when the job market improved. Technical expertise is not valued at this company and turnover is extremely high in the engineering ranks. You are forced to work an extra 30 minutes every day to compensate for the company’s unpaid lunch policy. The equipment and processing at the company are too outdated to offer real experience towards getting a job at another company. Despite promises of high tech and cutting edge jobs, the jobs are normally boring and paperwork oriented. If you want to build a career on your technical abilities, skip this company. A quick look at the resumes of the unit and section managers will show that the company has little regard for the quality of a degree or technical experience.

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5.0
May 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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

Cons

There are none, I've never had a better employer.

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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