Oceanit Reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Patrick Sullivan

74% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Oceanit has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oceanit employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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30 reviews
2.0
8 Jul 2022

Decent place to work if you're not an entry level worker

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hires some immensely talented individuals with an equally amazing personality.

Cons

Lots of buzz words without much substance to back it. Upper management loves to throw around the word "ohana" to describe our company when in reality, everyone is grossly underpaid and is constantly under pressure to put in many extra hours of work without any type of reward or acknowledgement for it. HR isn't even your ally. I've heard from many separate personal accounts that when they went to HR with their issues, they were met with very questionable advice and indifference. I experienced the same and it was very disheartening to hear these accounts without having even prompted the conversation. There is no typical yearly pay raise. Instead, you are expected to wait till a specific time of the year where it is convenient for them to do a company-wide assessment for the employees. After working for well over a year, I had decided to leave before hitting the point where I would receive my assessment. If I had waited longer, I would have waited close to 2 years of employment at an entry level position with no raise. Speaking on behalf of a colleague, they gave them way below their typical entry level engineer wage ($60k) when they had already been working there for multiple years. Every attempt at a plea for a raise was denied. To top it all off, there is parking within the building but only upper management has paid for stalls in it. Everyone else is required to source parking elsewhere paying usually $200 upwards a month. The rest of the stalls within the building mostly lie vacant.

2.0
20 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

At best a family atmosphere. The atmosphere tries to encourage creativity and innovation. I met some good people here....they all left.

Cons

No promotion potential unless you are a family member. Most projects are more marketing and self delusion rather than true scientific or engineering innovation. This company doesn't gauge itself off any real industry standards. It believes its own marketing.

4.0
3 May 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I was able to build a great professional skillset during my time at Oceanit. They allow employees the freedom to take on diverse responsibilities and projects. Employees are encouraged to look for solicitations and submit proposals which is a great learning experience. Employees with initiative can quickly gain roles in project/program management. Since Oceanit is a small company, employees also get exposure to all business units (contracts, operations, finance, etc.) which enhances the big picture understanding of business operations.

Cons

Oceanit is great at writings proposals, but they are subpar at executing the contracts they win. Resources are routinely pulled off projects in favor of writing proposals which results in projects missing critical deadlines. This strategy has damaged customer satisfaction and hindered opportunities for follow on contracts with existing customers. Salaries are subpar compared to most engineering firms (roughly 85% compensation), and raises were frozen for 4 years straight. This is due to Oceanit being a small family business, they don't have the backlog/buffer of larger companies and are more sensitive to the economic downturn. The benefits are pretty meager also, health insurance is pretty expensive and they only match up to $1k to your 401k which takes 5-6 years to fully vest. Only family members have upper management positions, which is a drawback for anyone interested in advancing that high on the org chart.

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