Great people, interesting work, terrible culture and non-existent support.The good things-Work for a designer, manufacturer and sustainer of Australian Ships, with long term contracts to various government departments.
-Opportunity to work across different areas of the business and programs, sustainment work can be secure and long term for job security
-The people at the coalface are great, willing to help and will find the time for you.
-Get to work with some really experienced engineers, fabricators and maintainers.
-See the ships you help design, build and or support as they come in for refit.
-Opportunity for some challenging and interesting work across sustainment.
The challenges-Little support and incredible reluctance to fund or deliver training and development.
-Neglect and isolation of In Service Support branch, with absent senior leadership.
-Turnover was high from poor behaviours allowed to flourish, and people realising nearly everywhere else is a better deal for conditions, pay and culture.
-Despite being in an established company, feels like you were making processes and procedures from scratch every time.
-Frequently seeing good people burn out, not be supported and subsequently leave
-Poor pay relative to competitors, Unrealistic expectation of roles with even a smidge of specialisation for pay, experience and education. Inflexibility with pay to be commiserate with experience.
-Hidden rules, arbitrary processes and lack of communication from the business.
-At the company level, no desire to identify, acknowledge or address problems.