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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

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      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
      2.0
      Jan 9, 2009

      NSA provides a steady, secure job but work there can be very dull and unexciting.

      Mathematician
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Job security is excellent. Hours are good and flexible. Benefits are good. There are a lot of technical people available for collaboration.

      Cons

      I really didn't enjoy working at NSA. I never felt like I was doing important work and I felt like communication with management was very poor. Work at NSA is very steady and secure, but it's a dull. Nobody I worked with there seemed excited about what they were doing. You can also feel very isolated since there's very little about your work that you can discuss outside of NSA.

      3.0
      May 20, 2021

      A good stepping stone but bad for long term job growth

      Contracting specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Internship program -Rotations to different organizations - Milestone promotions (they don't do these anymore) - Interesting mission - Lots of training opportunities

      Cons

      - Lack of telework - Lack of promotions (made worse with the lack of milestone promotions) - Conservative leadership and peers (they do not want to change) - Leadership is old and outdated, lack of new blood and energy - Lack of workforce innovation - Micromanaging leadership - Work life balance is terrible - Handling of COVID19 was lacking - Lack of transparency

      3.0
      Oct 9, 2014

      Cyber Analyst/IT

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent place to work and grow professionally if you are one of the "special" ones (applied to most of the technical fields).

      Cons

      Politics, lots of back stabbing, old boys club in desirable offices, if you are not ex-military, hard to get promoted, if you are not in a career development program - your career is dead, certain groups (College alumni, ex-military, by age, etc) take care of their friends - College degrees and certifications does nothing special for your career, pass a certain age - your career is dead, promotions and assignments are given out by who likes you or what you can do to help them get promoted.

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