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TSA (Transportation Security Administration)

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TSA (Transportation Security Administration) reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,917 total reviews)

David P. Pekoske

64% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

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
4.0
Mar 21, 2014

Full benefits for Part Time, Good pay...

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Pros

Full time Benefits for Part time hours Good pay/Paid Training Ability to advance within the system, or transfer anywhere in country that they have openings.

Cons

Early morning hours/or late evening hours - depending on airport. Always under scrutiny, tested every year. Unpleasant passengers (sometimes)

2.0
Mar 14, 2014

Poor pay, poor treatment, not a good place to work.

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Pros

You may get your dignity and self-esteem back once you quit. Will make the other jobs that you have had, that you thought were bad, now seem not as bad, compared to the TSA.

Cons

Low pay. Now starting most new hires as part time with less than 40 hours per week. Very little chance for advancement for males, even with previous military or law enforcement experience. Females get hired, and advanced, for being females. Results of this policy: unqualified supervisors, anyone who can do something else, leaves, anyone who is not capable of doing anything else stays. Our government and TSA management is too stupid to even see this happening.

3.0
Mar 6, 2014
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Pros

The main pro is job security. Even with cuts throughout the Federal government, if you earn even a bit of seniority it's very hard to lose your job. In addition, you can end up working with some pretty cool people and building camaraderie in your assigned area.

Cons

You never know what you're going to get for job environment. Each airport is different in how they run things, and even each assigned station may change. Sometimes you have a regular assignment with a good supervisor (like my first airport), other times you rotate your assignment every day and have micromanaging, abusive supervisors (like my second). It's a turkey shoot and just hope you get something cool... otherwise, you may be stuck doing heavy labor for anal-retentive jerks.

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