US Bureau of Land Management Reviews

I have been working at US Bureau of Land Management full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Early career growth (first 1 ot 3 years) and learning opportunites are great. Great pay, benefits and work enviorment. Opporunity to have a positive impact on pulbic lands and your community.

Cons – In position and out of postion position opportunites for career growth are very slow unless a new hire or at the managment level. Lack of consequences for poor job perfromance.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at US Bureau of Land Management full-time for more than a year

Pros – Opportunity to work in the field and get hands-on with public lands and resource management. Even though the work can be overwhelming and stressful, it's nice to feel like you're contributing to something important.

Cons – Nearly impossible to land that coveted first job, and once you do, there's almost no growth potential unless you've got some kind of hiring preference. Ultimately too many resource specialists and managers soaking up the payroll, while the low-level employees face the brunt of budget cuts, shifting priorities, etc.

Advice to Senior Management – Rethink the agency's priorities and reconnect with the public. There's a reason most rural folks dislike and distrust the agency.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at US Bureau of Land Management

Pros – Decent pay and fun people to work with

Cons – Could be gone from home for up to 21ish days

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at US Bureau of Land Management full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Plenty of time off! You can build up 240 hrs of Vacation pay to use at your leisure, which is different than sick pay. OK benefits, just the dental and vision cost extra. Co-workers are generally polite. BLM is willing to help you advance your career by providing training and tuition. Fitness incentives are provided. Managers encourage you to work in teams and distribute the workload. Managers also understand the need for a work/life balance, so flexible schedules are allowed. Both the required and optional travel take you to some beautiful places!

Cons – Office disputes are resolved to a poor end, if at all, so you're pretty much on your own there. Limited space inside buildings, so everyone sits in cramped cubicals. Managers spend a lot of time out of the office. There is unfortunately no reward for "going above and beyond" in your work, so most people don't.

Advice to Senior Management – Employees should be encouraged to take more pride in their work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at US Bureau of Land Management part-time for more than a year

Pros – Best work you can find

Cons – winters can be very long

Advice to Senior Management – stay put

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at US Bureau of Land Management as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Being outside and contributing work to the well being of a resource area.

Cons – Bureaucracy and the attitude of "it's above my pay grade". This doesn't encourage people to go above and beyond because there is no incentive to do so.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at US Bureau of Land Management full-time for less than a year

Pros – very good about preserving culutre sites

Cons – not enough funds for biological studies

Advice to Senior Management – don't plan preserves around hunting

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at US Bureau of Land Management full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – We manage some fantastic lands! It's great working for the public good. I work at Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, muck of which is a deep wilderness canyon. All of the staff from the manag on down are intelligent people committed to public service. Together we do some really great things.

Cons – We are part of a large bureaucracy with lots of nonsensical drains on our time, which would be better spent serving the public good.

Advice to Senior Management – Please don't require remedial training for things we already know and practice unless we (as individuals) have demonstrated a deficiency.

I worked at US Bureau of Land Management as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Although it varies greatly by office, the BLM field office I was in (Arcata) was filled with friendly, supportive people that recognized hard work and embraced an individual's efforts to advance his/her skill set. If you come in as a forestry intern but are interested in learning more about geology, you'll likely find the opportunity to broaden your knowledge in that area. In addition, federal regulations limit employee hours to 80 every two weeks, so the work-life balance is fantastic, while at the same time the job security is great.

Cons – Because job security is so high, there is less motivation to work hard and try to advance. This is exacerbated by the horrendously bureaucratic hiring process, which can literally take years to hire for a position. As a result, highly ambitious people very quickly move on. Also, as a government agency, the work does tend to be highly similar.

Advice to Senior Management – None-- at least at the Arcata field office, it was a fantastic place to learn and grow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at US Bureau of Land Management

Pros – You be hard pressed to find a job in operations management that provides this much excitement. It's a fun, demanding job with a lot of responsibility.

Cons – In many places this agency struggles to remove poor managers. That is not saying many great ones can't be found. It's not a job to have if you enjoy a personal life during the summer.