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US Defense Intelligence Agency reviews

2.8

44% would recommend to a friend

(282 total reviews)
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Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart, USMC

50% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

US Defense Intelligence Agency has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 282 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The US Defense Intelligence Agency employee rating is 23% below average for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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282 reviews
3.0
Sep 8, 2014

An Agency in the midst of evolution

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work-life balance can be challenging, but we're not abused like the military folks in our office. Leadership quality spans the entire spectrum of good - bad - ugly. Like any organization your boss can ruin your job or make it one of the most rewarding jobs you've had.

Cons

There tends to be an intense sense of competition with CIA that grows as you go up the agency hierarchy. Most analysts are very cooperative and collaborative with IC counterparts, so the competition is purely based on seniors' collective inferiority complex.

1.0
Mar 3, 2026

Literally the Worst

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Pros

None. There are truly no pros to working here. 90% of the people here are the absolute worst. The agency is not only CORRUPT. But filled with incompetent, lazy people who fail upwards.

Cons

The experience of working here is the con. This agency just hires the worst for every 4/5 hires. The bad people get to be your managers. There is an insane amount of bullying, harassment and hostility in this place. They have these ‘Partner in Resolutions’ which is really just HR and Management working together to erase/justify everything wrong. “tHeY iNvEsTiGaTeD tHeMsELveS aNd fOuND nOtHiNG tO bE wRoNg,” Failing upwards and corruptly is the name of the game. They have multiple levels of management if you want/need to do anything which is also a huge problem. You want to do a learning opportunity that your agency offers? Too bad if your manager doesnt like you or is too incompetent to do their job and WILL HOLD YOU BACK from doing so. Your manager decides how successful you can/will and cant/wont be. Thankfully I got a job offer somewhere else. I truly feel sorry for the next generation of workers coming in. You were either desperate for a job or you actually believed this agency is decent. You will learn soon enough.

1.0
Dec 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, great people, amazing mission

Cons

The secret police are constantly surveilling everyone's personal life to try to kick people out now for things unrelated to work performance. One colleague was doing his best when he got cancer, but he was unable to pay all his medical bills and didn't have a good plan to while he was fighting for his life, so they fired him for financial concerns. Took his health insurance and everything. Nobody is safe and your life is not your own here.

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