US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Reviews

Pros

Excellent salary and benefits, diverse investigation potential (only the FBI investigates a more diverse set of violations), potential for relocation, opportunities for travel and training.

Cons

(Small) potential for forced relocation, some poor/careerist managers like you'd find at any federal LE agency, including the FBI. Also not sure how the whole immigration aspect is going to shake out with Trump. Could get ugly for ERO but HSI should be OK.

Advice to Management

Find a better way to get decent people to HQ so that you don't attract only careerist jerks who come back to the field from HQ with little experience working cases and managing people yet think they are smarter than the field agents or are afraid to admit that they are not.

Pros

Pros were job security, decent salary, and benefits that are being cut. In a post furlough atmosphere, we're just pawns.

Cons

Constant change and chaos. Very little promotion chances beyond the GS 12 unless you're a friend or relative of a Section Chief.

Advice to Management

Stop the chaos of constant change. Promote on the basis of merit only. Do not promote on the basis of friendship, family ties to upper management, or favoritism.

Pros

You get to travel the world, pay is good, raises are almost guaranteed

Cons

Management is politically corrupt. Promotions and specialty positions given to political allies.

Advice to Management

You're lucky to have a job. In any other occupation you would have been terminated before causing the company any further liability.

Pros

Never an issue getting overtime pay or compensatory time off. Room for growth and professional development.

Cons

Stressful environment. Controversial mission.

Pros

Great pay and opportunity to advance.

Cons

Poor management, D.C. politics dictate ever changing mission.

Pros

Health insurance benefits and options to include dental and vision Separate sick leave and annual leave accrual TSP (Government 401K) option Retirement

Cons

Political environment, not what you know versus who you know. Management is more concerned about numbers instead of quality of investigations. Certain career fields have no upward mobility due to lack of positions available. Working hard to make a system or process better doesn't matter - just do what you're told and don't rock the boat. Mediocre employees are retained and the hard workers do 90% of what is needed. Research...

Advice to Management

Listen to what lower office staff is saying in terms of needs and feedback Promote those that show competence not just brown nose Take care of employees versus statistics

Pros

Great benefits and salary. Job is interesting, rewarding, and always something new each day.

Cons

Very discriminating towards non-white, females, and gender. Management running ICE have very little experience in the field, harass employees they do not like in hopes to fire them, and employees must deal with Management corruption at all levels.

Advice to Management

Educate Management on how to treat employees equally and fairly regardless of your personal opinions. Get rud if all corruption in Management.

Pros

Great benefits, flexible hours, supervisors can get paid overtime.

Cons

The bureaucracy can be maddening at times.