National Park Service reviews

Near impossible to get hired, let alone land a permanent job. Be ready to invest many years of entry-level internships, seasonal or temporary work competing with a nationwide demand for jobs. Management often overlooks frontline employees and treats them as bodies staffing sites to stay open. Also a lot of favoritism in the park to employees who are submissive; outspoken staff are often reprimanded. Preferred employees must sacrifice weekends, be single, and speak multiple languages. Pay is not enough to afford living near the parks and not all park sites offer housing to employees. Not enough ethnic and age diversity. Majority of employees agency-wide are white males over 40 years old. If you're a young person of color your culture and age is not always welcome, you're even seen as a threat. Although there is a Diversity and Inclusion Committee comprised of majority of white employees.

Be cautious of Management (superintendents, Chief Rangers) who have bitter pent up feeling toward veterans. I have had managers try to change my schedule to avoid paying military leave while I was on orders. I even had a chief ranger try and call my commander because he did not like the timing of my orders. Proving discrimination is very difficult in the park service because everything gets shoved under the rug so the Park Service does not look bad.