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3.1

46% would recommend to a friend

(423 total reviews)

Rear Adm. Michael A. Wettlaufer

41% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Military Sealift Command has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 423 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Military Sealift Command employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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423 reviews
2.0
Dec 14, 2015

Military Sealift Command

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Plenty of ships Can work more than other companies Competitive Salaries compared to Union Jobs Good 401K options

Cons

Office Management is very poor Civmars are treated as second class citizens by office people Pool system is a ridiculous waste of government money and resources

1.0
Nov 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great, competent engineers make this a fun place work where you can grow professionally. This has already begun to change due to the pending re-location to Norfolk, VA. - Dynamic work environment. Get to work in the office, in the shipyards, on the ships. You can learn a ton about ship related engineering and ship operations - Flexible work schedule

Cons

- The current admiral and executive director are completely out of touch with how shore side MSC employees support our mariners and the fleet. Their actions indicate that they don't know or don't care that consolidating MSC will result in a massive loss of personnel and along with it the corporate knowledge that allows us to support our mariners. - Surveys indicate 80-90% of MSC's technical division in Washington DC will not re-locate to Norfolk, VA. This includes most of the senior staff. I have serious doubts that MSC will be able to replace that expertise in a time frame that won't negatively impact their ability to support the mariners and the fleet. The admiral and executive director seem to have blinders on with respect to this concern. - MSC doesn't have the money to truly consolidate in Norfolk. They don't have the money to acquire the required space or to fully refurbish those spaces. Employees will be scattered throughout the Norfolk area and be displaced several times during the transition. We've been told that branches may be split up and have to work in different buildings. Some current Norfolk employees have already been moved into buildings that don't even have bathrooms.

3.0
Nov 13, 2014

Good money, forget about home

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company offers good pay and good benefits.

Cons

Forget about going home. You will be a lonely person and although there are a lot of good mariners working at MSC, everyone is in the same boat (pun intended) and no one cares that you never go home. You will lose your family but make mad cash, so in the end, you lose. The office staff is like something out of a sketch comedy show. There is something called the Civmar Support Center that you can call if you want to see your tax dollars light up in flames. The people there are uselessly belligerent.

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