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National Security Agency – Lots of good intentions, terrible execution and organization

The Intelligence Community's primary mission is to collect and convey the essential information that the president and members of the policymaking, law enforcement and military communities require to execute their appointed duties read more
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Lots of good intentions, terrible execution and organization

What does the leadership team need to get better at?

Organization and keeping up to date with real world practices

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

Better method for recognition and/or promotion rather than purely based on written justifications

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

You can be a terrible employee and NSA will still say, "oh good job, keep up the good work"

What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?

Too many NSA employees have been working for NSA for years and years and become blinded by the terrible practices and flat out lying and overlooking problems that happens

What would you improve about your company's interview process?

Turn around time is on-average 8 months. Speed it up. Actual technical portion of the interview was non-existent: meaning even someone who is poorly qualified and has poor skillset can get hired if they're good at convincing people they're good.

What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

Justifications are not the way to run software. Anyone can make a justification for just about anything if they argue it well enough. Inherently flawed system since it's government. Stop letting high military ranking officers who don't know technology run a technology operation

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