NSA – “NSA Good Place To Work...If You Are In It For The Long Hall”

Pros

The flexibility in your work schedule was insane. Everyone enjoys having a good leave program and enjoys using it. The work is also something you could never do anywhere else. It is extremely exciting work and you do feel like the work you do matters.

Cons

It's a big beurocratic mess. As such, promotions can be a nightmare. In my instance, the person who was deciding if I should get a promotion was my bosses bosses boss and they were managing 200+ people and hardly knew my name. Salary also doesn't move up very fast. Although, if you can hold put until you get to the upper ranks; you will have a good salary for your level of responsibility.

Advice to Senior Management

The organization must become more flexible. Pay banding is a good start, but there also needs to be a way for employees who do not perform to be punished. I think the biggest complaint I heard was people frustrated with coworkers who didn't do anything, made more work for everyone else, and were never reprimanded.