CIA reviews

3.7

74% would recommend to a friend

(147 total reviews)

William Burns

89% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

CIA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CIA 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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147 reviews
4.0
Feb 16, 2017

Decent Place to Have a Career

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Part of Something Greater, Serve the Nation, Great Benefits that get better as time goes on, Smart people to work with

Cons

Lots of bureaucratic constraints, Hard to get work done in a rigid traditional system, Not a lot of space for free thinking, Gets stale over time...exhausting

5.0
Oct 14, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Interrogation techniques are utilised on a daily basis -Good pay considering I get to do something which I love -Progression opportunities within the organisation

Cons

-long hours travelling to far away countries -travel to far away countries which are very hot -No work/life balance, job is your life

4.0
Nov 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Serving your country. Relative job security. Good stepping stone for international relations majors to other analyst jobs. D.C. Area is a great place to work and network

Cons

Most intelligence is open source( newspapers) so it's not as glamorous as its made out to be Office politics No one will read what you compile

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