Is HII a good company to work for?

HII has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 2,263 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at HII to a friend and 55% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about HII have been left by employees working as Intern , Engineering Intern and Program Manager .

Does HII pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, HII employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at HII. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at HII?

63% of HII employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated HII 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at HII?

Software Engineer (52) , Welder (49) , Electrician (35) , Mechanical Engineer (35) , Engineer (32) , Pipefitter (30) , Outside Machinist (26) , Project Manager (24) , Structural Welder (23) , Designer (20) , Shipfitter (18) , Mechanical Engineer I (17) , Analyst (16) , Deck Electrician (16) , Program Manager (16)

What are the pros of working at HII according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits if you don't get too attached to your job on a long term basis." ((in 239 reviews)); "The pay was good and you learn from first class guys who really know their job." ((in 226 reviews)); "great coworkers and the ability to apply for a new job within the company every six months" ((in 38 reviews)); "Ingalls has good salaries and and great apprentice programs" ((in 36 reviews)); "work life balance is good" ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at HII according to real employee reviews?

"Terrible Parking and lots of walking" ((in 113 reviews)); "Management is poor and they need to improve" ((in 93 reviews)); "Unmotivated employees by poor upper management" ((in 34 reviews)); "Get a bad manager and it may take awhile for them to get rid of him." ((in 26 reviews)); "Toxic and outdated culture." ((in 20 reviews))

What are employees saying about HII layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about HII layoffs and their outlook for job security at HII in 2026.

What are the top reviewed HII locations?

Newport News , Pascagoula , Norfolk , Virginia Beach , San Antonio , Huntsville , Hanover , Washington , Fairfax , Hampton , Dayton , San Diego , Annapolis Junction , Avondale , South Pascagoula , Honolulu , Pocasset , Gulfport , Orlando , Chesapeake , Roanoke , Suffolk , Portsmouth , Columbia , Tampa , Goose Creek , McLean , Yorktown , Merrifield , Reston

HII reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(2,102 total reviews)

Christopher D. Kastner

63% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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HII has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,102 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HII employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews

4.0

Jan 2, 2016

HII

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Great place to work and learn a trade. Ability to work up through the ranks......if you apply yourself. It'll take a while.

Cons

Customer wants solid gold specs but only has a gold plated budget. Very limited opportunity to be included in bonus programs

4.0

Dec 28, 2015

Good work but lots of gov't red tape

Newport news shipbuilding - mechanical engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Mostly friendly work environment. Impressive scope of daily tasks and seeing military watercraft being constructed, knowing that in some way you are apart of building a force to protect the country. Pretty easy to transfer internally to try new things. Management wasn't too bad.

Cons

A lot of paperwork to do simple tasks. Union shop so you'll wait hours for someone to turn a wrench, it will probably be done wrong so you'll have to document, get the work area repaired and re-worked.

3.0

Dec 2, 2015

An ok place to work.

Nuclear engineer

Recommend

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Pros

The pay and benefits were pretty good, and the work schedule was somewhat flexible. I worked in a building away from the yard, so parking was good.

Cons

The commute is awful from just about anywhere, but that's also Hampton Roads in general. The biggest turn off for me was the constant antagonism between the various departments and also the trades. It seemed like nobody ever wanted to work together. There was also a lot of antagonism with the Navy, the only customer. There's no diversity in their business, so if the Navy ever slows down its work (like currently) then layoffs happen.

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