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Most rewarding place to work for dedicated Americans who love and want to protect our Country and its legal Citizens from enemies foreign and domestic
Curriculum Designer (Former Employee), Washington, DC – May 1, 2013
this most professional organization is staffed with the most comprehensive collection of talented people who are dedicated to protecting our beloved Country from enemies bath overseas and within. True, it is the FBI's job to protect us domestically along with Homeland Security, but the CIA employees are still personally dedicated to protecting Americans – more... whenever and wherever they are threatened.

One out of 100 applicants are deemed qualified, suitable and a safe enough security risk to be employed by this organization in a world that is so dangerous - no matter where you live! – less
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Great place to work
Presidential Support Analyst Internship (Former Employee), Langley, VA – April 22, 2013
Great place to work with a lot of potential to grow as an employee.
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Electronic Test Engineer
Electronic Test Engineer (Former Employee), Washington, DC – March 13, 2013
Pros: very interesting projects to work on.
Cons: can't tell anyone about the projects i worked on, or you know the rest.
* Initiated full scope electronic lab tests: regression, simulation, emulation, verification and validation.
* EMI/EMC signal strength, VSWR, circuit attenuation measurement.
* Fiber-optic integrity tests, various types of cable quality tests, custom buffer zones and grounding requirements.
* Power Quality/distribution monitoring capability and filtering – more... of source power equipment for anomalous loads. – less
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A rewarding experience
Federal Law Enforcement Officer (Former Employee), Washington, DC – February 15, 2013
Working at the CIA provided many memorable experiences. I enjoyed interacting with my co-workers.
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I am pleased to have served for a long period of time in the CIA.
Communications/Physical Security Officer (Former Employee), Washington, DC – January 19, 2013
Pros: all good
I will never regret have served with the CIA in the US and abroad. I feel that I had the oppurtinity to server my country and make it a better place to live.

The best part of the job was being overseas and seeing the diffirent cultures and meeting with the peoplel.
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Great working environment.
Finance Resource Officer (Former Employee), Washington, DC – January 15, 2013
The agency is a great place to work and the reason for me leaving was to explore new opportunities.
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Very Eduational
Budget & Finance/Finance Officer (Current Employee), Mclean VA – January 3, 2013
I loved my co-workers and the team work they produced. They have exellent training opportunities. The hardest part of the job was trusting mangement.
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A mission and group of officers that are second to none!
Senior Progam Manager (Former Employee), McLean, VA – December 30, 2012
Pros: outstanding mission, travel opportunities, recognition for efforts
Cons: crowded infrastructure in certain locations
An outstanding organization, comprised of dedicated, professional personnel. The opportunities for travel, professional challenges, and the ability to develop a broad professional portfolio with an outstanding network are readily available.
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A great government angency to work.
Server Operation Specialist (Former Employee), Washington, DC – September 12, 2012
Nice place work Environment ...traveling, provided the opportunity for education
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A great learning experience for my first assignment
Human Resource Officer (Former Employee), Washington, DC – September 3, 2012
Pros: very busy and rewarding
Cons: too much correspondence
A typical day started out with tons of emails with requests from just about everyone...I learned to prioritize my work. Management was demanding at first. My co-workers were very helpful and patient. The hardest part of the job was getting use to the volume of work and how to manage my time to complete everything in a timely manner. The most enjoyable – more... part of the job was all the meetings and briefings I attended meeting new and exciting higher level officers. – less
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eXCELLENT PLACE TO WORK. Good learnig experience
Independent Contractor (Current Employee), Langley, VA – August 15, 2012
Pros: travel overseas
Cons: poor salary increases for independent contractor
By law, I am not permitted to provide information on this subject.
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Cable Analyst (Former Employee), Washington, DC – August 9, 2012
Started as a clerical worker and moved up through promotions. I enjoyed and learned a lot about C.I.A. and their mission. I got along great with managment and my co-workers.
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good place to work
Human Resource Administrative Clerk (Former Employee), Herndon, VA – July 12, 2012
Pros: benfits
Cons: stress from filing (self bought on)
I would file answer phones make books, The management was good to me the coworkers were fun to work with
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A fabulous career
Staff Operations Officer (Former Employee), McLean Virginia – June 16, 2012
In spite of the number of employees in the Agency, it is more like a huge extended family. People genuinely care about one another and want to help. Employees are extremely hard working and dedicated.
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Honored to be a former employee of the CIA
Logistics Clerk/Summer Employee (Former Employee), Washington, DC – May 30, 2012
Pros: great work environment, sense of purpose!
Cons: everyone with access becomes a target, terrorists don't care what your title is!
Working for the CIA was exciting and fun just to drive in. It was also a very intimidating place to work. Working there gave me a lot of confidence in my abilities and I am glad to have done my part to keep america safe.
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Great place to work
Admin (Former Employee), McLean, VA – April 12, 2012
Great place to work. Work schedule and life/work balance make work easy.
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Beni – May 10, 2012

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Its has its good and bad points
Logistics Officer (Current Employee), McLean, VA – April 3, 2012
It has it good and bad points, it has good benifits and good pay.
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Simple web site
Comptabilité (Former Employee), Montréal, QC – March 22, 2013
Pros: good environment of work
Cons: too much resoponsabilities
Very demanding clients, that produce too much stress. But finally, the satisfaction it´s in the good results. That is relaxing.
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Empresa Cia
Téc. em Informática (Former Employee), Belém, PA – May 16, 2013
Pros: pagamento nos dias certos
Cons: não fornecer vale refeição
O dia começa fazendo analise dos clientes para ser feito as visitas,serviços pendentes.
Aprendi a fazer trabalho em equipe,organização.
Os diretores colaboram o máximo para o melhor desempenho do nosso trabalho.
Tinha uma boa harmônia com os colegas de trabalho.
A parte mais difícil era ter muitas ordens de serviços em pouco tempo.
A parte mais agradável – more... era poder atender aos clientes satisfeitos. – less
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Empresa Séria
Consultor de vendas / Supervisor (Former Employee), Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ – April 1, 2013
A parte mais agradável do trabalho era o comprometimento.

Pena que o contrato foi so de 2 anos.
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