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    Royal Navy Reviews

    Updated 12 July 2018
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    Pros

    • "Good travel, good training, well looked after get paid to see the world" (in 13 reviews)

    • "Good pay and benefits and travel" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "Royal Navy"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Logistics Officer in Helensburgh, Scotland
      Current Employee - Senior Logistics Officer in Helensburgh, Scotland
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Travel, exciting experiences, broad range of responsibilities

      Cons

      Time away from family, challenging work environment when conducting operations

    2. "Senior Maintenance"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time

      Pros

      A good career progression within the RN

      Cons

      Away time can be a problem

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    3. "Lieutenant"

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      Current Employee - Lieutenant in Portsmouth, South East England, England
      Current Employee - Lieutenant in Portsmouth, South East England, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Job security, standard of pension.

      Cons

      Away from home, declining promotion opportunities

    4. "Warrant Officer"

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      Current Employee - Warrant Officer in Stranraer, Scotland
      Current Employee - Warrant Officer in Stranraer, Scotland
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      An exceptional organisation which I have been a part of for 27 years, enjoyed the opportunity to lead and manage from the front.

      Cons

      Reaching an age and a time in my life were I wish to spend more time at home. My family circumstances have recently changed and I wish to be located nearer to home (Stranraer)

      Advice to Management

      I offer exceptional managerial and organisational skills, I have led large and small teams on many different employment taskings at home and abroad. I am an exceptional community and offer good coaching and mentoring skills.

    5. "Great career if you can stay beyond 10 years"

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      Current Employee - Weapons Adviser in Glasgow, Scotland
      Current Employee - Weapons Adviser in Glasgow, Scotland
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great Career in Engineering and a great sense of belonging to something good in the world..

      Cons

      Expectation to drop everything at a minutes notice to deploy world wide and be in incommunicado for long periods of time.

      Advice to Management

      RN do not guard their experienced personnel wisely these days. There lack of Experience in SQEP is frightening.

    6. "A very enjoyable career"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Excellent training and lots of opportunity for personal and professional development. Plenty of opportunity for adventurous training.
      Great stepping stone to get a career outside of the military.

      Cons

      Work life balance not very good when front line.
      Promotion far to slow.
      haemorrhaging experienced people as there is a demand outside of the forces.
      The pensions have been reduced to the point where they are no longer attractive enough to retain people.

      Advice to Management

      Promote people faster. Too many people losing their enthusiasm when passed over for promotion.

    7. "National Project Manager"

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      Former Employee - Lieutenant Cdr in London, England
      Former Employee - Lieutenant Cdr in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Royal Navy full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      travel, pay benefits such as medical and dental

      Cons

      have to go away a lot in certain branches

      Advice to Management

      Look after people better don't treat as number

    8. "Commissioning"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time

      Pros

      Adventure, leadership training and responsibility at an early stage.

      Cons

      Not great for raising a family with little or no control over the direction of your career, postings or work/life balance

    9. "POAET"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time

      Pros

      Great personal development and opportunities for career progression.

      Cons

      Have to be flexible as to geographic locations.

    10. "From bad to worse"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Holywood, Northern Ireland
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Holywood, Northern Ireland
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Royal Navy full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      You can see the world

      Cons

      You get paid less than your civilian counterparts.
      The food and accomodation is worse than what would be acceptable for prisoners.
      There is no manpower so you have to do the work of 2 or sometimes 3 people.
      You are treated with contempt by officers.
      Being the best at your job will never get you promoted, you need to be friends with the right people.

      Advice to Management

      Do something..anything before its too late.
      The Navy needs more manpower and more money now not later.
      The rot that has set in has resulted in your junior rates leaving at an alarming rate. The 10 years of budget cuts have crippled the service so much, its probably terminal.
      Sure we have new ships, but they are no use if you have no one to operate them.

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