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Feb 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
Former employee
Arlington, VA
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Pros
If you are a new graduate, you get a chance to get your feet wet doing applied research to pick-up some experience that will help land a job at a better place.
Cons
Very "in-bred" so rising up the ranks will be difficult unless you are part of the "in-group". A previous comment about nepotism was spot-on as there is a lot of employees that are basically family (e.g., husband/wife, brother/sister, in-laws, college/grad school buddies, etc.). Ultimately, your performance reviews are a formality as your upward mobility is largely pre-determined. This is not a place for seasoned professionals nor entry-level folks that hope to stick around very long.