Does TSA (Transportation Security Administration) pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, TSA (Transportation Security Administration) employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at TSA (Transportation Security Administration). This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at TSA (Transportation Security Administration)?

56% of TSA (Transportation Security Administration) employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated TSA (Transportation Security Administration) 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at TSA (Transportation Security Administration) according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and good for stepping up into gov work" ((in 472 reviews)); "If you have no life and are willing to work constantly then I would say the pay is good." ((in 305 reviews)); "There are some great people that work there and the experiences you get from the federal government." ((in 83 reviews)); "Some good coworkers as long as you are friendly and communicate with others" ((in 67 reviews)); "TSA offered great job security" ((in 39 reviews))

What are the cons of working at TSA (Transportation Security Administration) according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and work hours" ((in 336 reviews)); "Supervisors and managers show much favoritism which makes it difficult to achieve good bonus ratings." ((in 71 reviews)); "Many supervisors have power trips and think they are military." ((in 64 reviews)); "Poor management and leadership." ((in 62 reviews)); "They wonder why the morale is low and people are leaving." ((in 60 reviews))

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3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,917 total reviews)

David P. Pekoske

64% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

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3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Career opportunities

2.9

Culture & values

2.8

Work/Life balance

2.7

Senior management

TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,917 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Gobierno y Administración Pública industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews

2.0

May 13, 2016

TSO

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great job if you like working with people, they have great benefits and starting pay isn't that bad, after one year you move up a pay grade with a nice raise. and you are rated by your performance, and have to complete in order to get any type of a raise, some don't believe in giving out good scores while others do. Just depends on who you end up with as a supervisor.

Cons

Testing every year to keep your job can be stressful, if you fail twice you do lose your job. so that hanging over your head while testing is stress in itself. Other wise, job is good.

5.0

Feb 25, 2016

Analyst

Program analyst

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Pros

Cronyism galore, major fraud, backstabbing. They favor folks with just high school or GED as managers over more educated folks with advanced degrees.

Cons

20 X worse than the above.

2.0

Oct 20, 2015

Either you are part of the in crowd or not

It specialist

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CEO approval

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Pros

It was a job, I got paid. Like all government jobs, benefits were good and it came with a similar 401K (Thrift) as well as potential pension.

Cons

Favoritism among friends; mandatory on call hours and not getting paid for it. When questioned about unfair treatment, was further humiliated and was told it was part of the job.

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