Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Reviews

Words can't really express how toxic this place is to its contract work force. You are the hired help. You will be berated on a regular basis. You will follow unclear guidance and be criticized for not getting it right. You will be gaslit and told the way you've been doing something for years has always been wrong. You will be held responsible for things you had no role in. Product standards change weekly, if not daily. Weren't working yesterday when a GS-15 decided you should use bullets instead of hyphens? Berated the next day. There's no system in place, much less an SOP to ensure products are standardized. It is a nightmare. You will become depressed, bitter, and angry. And if you stay longer than a year, there's a good chance you'll never leave. Eventually you will become content with the decent salary and easy work. And you'll learn to accept being treated like garbage by senior federal employees trying to climb the ladder. You'll believe that's how you deserve to be treated, and that you're not able to get a better job. So you'll stay. Don't work here as a contractor. If you have no other options, DO NOT stay longer than a year.

Due to political appointees, it has become painfully, painfully woke. The diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda is being pushed so hard it seems like the agency forgets it has an actual mission to perform. I believe the agency also took a BIG credibility hit after the Elections 2020 debacle, where the former director claimed the infamous, “most secure election.” Cyber wise, yes it was very secure. Fraudulent activity wise? No, not even close. None of this was investigated. DHS doesn’t have a mechanism for field employees to even report fraudulent activity.