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US Defense Logistics Agency

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Excellent if Restricting - Anonymous employee US Defense Logistics Agency Employee Review

4.0
Jun 22, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with if somewhat demanding A great door opener for a future position Fairly accommodating (meaning it's fair if not always convenient) Excellent side benefits for working with the military

Cons

Somewhat demanding, restrictive, and highly regimented. For someone who's never been in the military it was quite an adjustment to make. Also, for someone looking to be autonomous, innovative, creative, and challenged in your career; this would probably be more of an interim position. Change comes slowly, if at all. And every decision or action is checked, re-checked, and then verified by 3 or 4 different people. Making independent judgements and decisions is not encouraged by any means and sometimes your only job is to defer to someone else, no matter how simple the task may seem. If you enjoy going above and beyond the call of duty, this is not the job for you. Your duty is your duty. This is a military base after all.

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Pros

General Federal government benefits: annual & sick leave, retirement investment options

Cons

Out of my 20 years of working, transferring here was by far one of the poorest decisions I’ve made in my career. I was looking forward to working here but I could sense that gut feeling of making a big mistake when I saw that the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the shared files were outdated and management refused to remove them. Other frustrating things included the feeling of being back in junior high school: coworkers would gossip behind each other's backs, exclude others, and spread rumors unchecked by management. Unhealthy leadership occurred: Managers would rely on micromanagement and public humiliation to “motivate” employees and maintain control. Whenever I made an error, I was punished with shame rather than using it as a learning opportunity. Whenever I and others would make suggestions on how to make a process better, we were ignored.

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