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National Security Agency

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National Security Agency reviews

3.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(345 total reviews)
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Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, USA

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53% positive business outlook

National Security Agency has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 345 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The National Security Agency 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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345 reviews
5.0
Jan 24, 2023

Great place to work and learn

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Pros

Work life balance, great benefits, ability to learn new things, move around internally and contribute to an important mission of national security

Cons

Some offices/management not very good, salaries in some technical areas are not competitive with outside

4.0
Jan 16, 2023

Flexible hours

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours and great job/life balance (depending on your office).

Cons

Working in a SCIF can be difficult.

3.0
Jan 12, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

-Awesome mission set across various accounts/TOPIs -Excellent educational opportunities/ability to take cyber courses for free -Generally awesome/intelligent colleagues -Ability to change offices/skillset without leaving employer -PTO/benefits/work-life balance -Collaborating with other agencies/military organizations -Gain experience through details to other offices/agencies -Priceless experience for gaining knowledge in cybersecurity/technical analysis

Cons

-NSA21 reorganization was a dumpster fire -Field tour policy at field sites for civilians -Office politics, especially at NSAG -Painfully slow bureaucracy -Security theater -Some of the polygraphers are abusive and unprofessional -Toxic work environment in some offices/locations (NSAG included) -Moving from one US field site to another is a needlessly stressful/problematic affair -Anti-intellectualism/denigrating university education in many offices -Being in a SCIF all day without many telework options -NSA's response to COVID was atrocious and full of security theater -Federal civilian TDNAs, DNEAs, EAs, and TARs are severely underpaid compared to CTR personnel and comparable job roles common outside the IC, i.e. Cyber Threat Intelligence/Cyber Threat Hunting/Incident Response -Issues have continued to worsen over my time at the Agency for the nearly 12 years I was employed there, with no real improvement in employee satisfaction/well-being/retention of seasoned employees -Workforce Matters campaign is a joke overall

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