US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Reviews

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Job security. If you're looking for these three. Law Enforcement environment. Good relationships built.

Cons

Work satisfaction has been rated low for years. Constant changes in government policy will make it hard on you on the long run. You may be very active for certain amount of years and suddenly go to 0 miles for a couple more. If you use your sick leave or take a long vacation, expect your salary to drop for a few months (due to calculations for a "special type of premium pay called AUO which does not excludes the days you take from leave to it's quarterly calculation) AUO goes from 10 to 25% of your base pay and is based on an average of 18.5 hrs worked every two weeks (to r max at 25%). Many angry people due to politics, instead of focusing in whatever your mission is as a public servant.

Pros

- telework policy - ability to work or detail across agency (due to high turnover of positions) - dedicated to mission

Cons

- lack of structure (everything is a priority) - poor senior leaders that aren't held accountable (high turnover, high harassment and no one cares) - male egos and bureaucracy keeping systems stagnant - Lack of work/life balance (seniors will leave when they want but give a list to lower mgrs/supv causing overload and overworking) - No resources or budget to get things done efficiently (very understaffed and SLOW recruitment and hiring process for non-LEO positions) - inability to keep female leaders due to poor communication, trust and devaluing the opinion of females

Pros

HSI has broad legal authority to conduct federal criminal investigations into the illegal cross-border movement of people, goods, money, technology and other contraband throughout the United States. HSI utilizes these authorities to investigate a wide array of transnational crime, including: terrorism; national security threats; narcotics smuggling; transnational gang activity; child exploitation; human smuggling and trafficking; illegal exports of controlled technology and weapons; money laundering; financial fraud and scams; worksite and employment crimes; cybercrime; intellectual property theft and trade fraud; identity and benefit fraud; and human rights violations and war crimes.

Cons

There is nothing major to report.

Pros

Colleagues who are dedicated above and beyond the call of duty in order to protect our country from both external and internal threats.

Cons

Through no fault of the Agency nor its career public servants, the overarching negative lies with our elected officials in the past two administrations in not providing a presidentially nominated and US Senate confirmed full-time director.

Pros

Great opportunity training opportunities available for employees

Cons

No work schedule flexibility which reduce quality of live. Highly egoistical and discriminative.