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.

What are the top reviewed jobs at TSA (Transportation Security Administration)?

TSO (Transportation Security Officer) (782) , Transportation Security Officer (294) , Tso (247) , TSA OFFICER (111) , Security Officer (102) , Lead Transportation Security Officer (78) , TSO Officer (61) , LTSO (52) , Officer (44) , Supervisory Transportation Security Officer (44) , Supervisor (30) , Screener (23) , Administrative Assistant (21) , Program Analyst (14) , Lead Officer (13)

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 465 reviews)); "If you have no life and are willing to work constantly then I would say the pay is good." ((in 308 reviews)); "There are some great people that work there and the experiences you get from the federal government." ((in 83 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and make the job bearable" ((in 64 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 335 reviews)); "Too much favoritism, if you are not liked managers will try to get rid of you." ((in 72 reviews)); "They wonder why the morale is low and people are leaving." ((in 64 reviews)); "Poor management and leadership." ((in 58 reviews)); "Many supervisors have power trips and think they are military." ((in 57 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

3.0

Jul 29, 2011

Lack of leadership; pockets of smart, well meaning people, but too little ownership and accountability

Program analyst

Recommend

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Pros

Work / life balance is great; benefits are great; lots of potential to work on meaningful, intense work if have the top clearances and a good network

Cons

Lack of leadership; stovepiped and uncooperative organizational units make doing your job very difficult; lots of apathetic people who have no interest in helping or owning the solution

3.0

Jul 27, 2011

Screener

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay with the government is secure with the economics crisis.

Cons

dealing with the passengers is hard work.

2.0

Jun 21, 2011

Poor training and NOT a team environment

Tsa officer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Great benefits - The job is available in most cities with an commercial airports ( not Kansas City -MCI) so you can transfer - Part of an important security job

Cons

- salary after benefits is about 700/mo - cannot advance unless fulltime and those positions are not available or filled based on seniority - very poor training environment - use negative training (stick not carrot) - alot of yelling - other TSOs fight with each other - not a team atmosphere (think their hate each other) - shifts change yearly based on a bidding process (seniority counts) - have to be able to not care about passengers feelings (i.e., you took my great grandmother's pen knife) - get no respect from the TSA management or passengers - TSA management is ALWAYS grading you and testing you - like giving out demerits - turn-over is greater than 70% the first year

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Lack of leadership; pockets of smart, well meaning people, but too little ownership and accountability

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Poor training and NOT a team environment

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