It's an odd place - Mechanical Engineer BWX Technologies Employee Review

2.0
Dec 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Easy upward mobility, 40 hr weeks, mostly friendly people, secure job, cool final product, and fills an important role for our nation. High percentage of retirees will allow for fast promotions in coming years.

Cons

It feels a lot like being in a prison where you can leave at the end of the day. The facility is old and filled with people who have been there 30+ years and inexperienced young adults right out of college or high school. The administrative burden borders on soul crushing. There is a form, road block, series or rules, and chain of approval for just about everything. Every government safety agency is onsite. The website blockers make your life outside work more challenging. Need two factor verification for your health benefits? Sorry your cell phone is in the car. Leadership maintains the facility is safe and healthy, but no 3rd party information was made available. Prospective employees are denied an opportunity to tour the site and interview answers often claim they can't provide an answer due to security concerns.

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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

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

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
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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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