Working in Government - Anonymous employee CIA Employee Review

3.0
6 Dec 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Stability, flexibility, you can keep trying multiple different career paths or stay in a field for speciality or expertise, steady work

Cons

Bureaucracy, expected to move to new jobs every 2-3 years, too much change, cant work from home since work is classified, either you are bored or stressed out

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Great travel opportunities, and unique opportunities to do things you wouldn't get to anywhere else.

Cons

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3.0
4 Jan 2026
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Pros

Lots of really smart and passionate people. Some teams are really interesting to work for.

Cons

Most people are thrown into a random-ish team when they first join, which can sometimes be a poor fit. It's really hard to move around to different career services. Some teams are really slow and a lot of people are self-important and difficult to work with. If you get bad management, you'll hate it there.

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