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- "Good Salary and the TSP match a good percentage of your investment if you partake in that program." (in 29 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great job with easy work
Cons
Rude passengers and weird schedules
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Stability, culture, benefits, work life balance
Cons
No cons to speak of
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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See the world and every day can be different
Cons
last minute assignments and long days/nights
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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Very mission driven. I honestly do feel like i am putting some good back into the world. Great Colleagues, travel, and amazing experiences and learning opportunities are available.
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Politics, momentum bias, outdated hierarchy structures, and deep rooted bureaucratic processes really put a damper on the job environment at times.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Great agency to work for.
Cons
Shift work and working on holidays.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
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Benefits, predicability, interesting, valuable, good mission
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hard to change existing processes, difficult IT situation.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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Excellent money for federal employment. See the world on Uncle Sam's dime.
Cons
Upper mgmt truly does not care about you or your health. Looong hours ...
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
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Work/Life Balance is important to this agency.
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Limited location options limit opportunities abroad.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Great coworkers, new challenge everyday.
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Being sent to do Border TDY's
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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Good health benefits, possibility of early retirement in certain law enforcement positions, exciting and challenging place to work
Cons
Annual renewal of budget often results in continued resolutions which brings operations to a halt and sometimes pay will be delayed due to temporary government shutdowns
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US Department of Homeland Security has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,394 reviews left anonymously by employees. 75% of employees would recommend working at US Department of Homeland Security to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
75% of US Department of Homeland Security employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated US Department of Homeland Security 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at US Department of Homeland Security to be coworkers, career development, benefits and the cons to be culture, senior leadership, management.
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