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Interesting R&D, bad life/work balance - Engineer BWX Technologies Employee Review

2.0
Jul 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Very interesting R&D working on nuclear medicine. Fun coworkers on day-to-day. Cool technology. Custom named lab coats :p

Cons

5 managers in 3 years. High turnover and hemorrhaging of talent at the top, field-promotions to back fill the gap. I recieved verbal offer of promotion with pay raise to backfill a lead who quit. Did not get the pay raise after months, so I returned to my duties as signed in my original - and only - contract. Great R&D, but "heavily encouraged" OT and not the best practices and policies in favour of the employee. I once had to work 7 am - 2 am impromptu since there were no other engineers to oversee the tests, guilted into staying. Two engineering graduates finally recieved signed contracts to start their EIT roles, only to have their contracts rescinded, remaining in their development technician (not EIT) roles. One even had a competing EIT role elsewhere that they let expire in the interim. Nice co-workers on the front lines, but would not recommend due to lack of life/work balance and difficulty with HR, lied promotions, rescinding of contact offers, and upper management.

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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
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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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