NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, slumping morale and unpopular reorganization
From Washington Post
The National Security Agency is losing its top talent at a worrisome rate as highly skilled personnel, some disillusioned with the spy service’s leadership and an unpopular reorganization, take higher-paying, more flexible jobs in the private sector.Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-nsas-top-talent-is-leaving-because-of-low-pay-and-battered-morale/2018/01/02/ff19f0c6-ec04-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html?utm_term=.6221de81eac6Since 2015, the NSA has lost several hundred hackers, engineers and data scientists, according to current and former U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. The potential impact on national security is significant, they said.
Headquartered at Fort Meade in Maryland, the NSA employs a civilian workforce of about 21,000 there and is the largest producer of intelligence among the nation’s 17 spy agencies. The people who have left were responsible for collecting and analyzing the intelligence that goes into the president’s daily briefing. Their work also included monitoring a broad array of subjects including the Islamic State, Russian and North Korean hackers, and analyzing the intentions of foreign governments, and they were responsible for protecting the classified networks that carry such sensitive information.
Considering those people could probably be amassing their fortunes in high prestige roles in silicon valley or academia I don't really blame them for leaving. Do you?
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Agree!
Resteemed!
Good lord, had no idea of the size of the place. This is news I had not noticed before. Hope they are heading towards a little more humanity friendly work. There is plenty to do if they care about anything besides a paycheck. Hope they find meaning in their endeavors and a paycheck. Thanks for the "content" hope it means something good! Best of luck.
Interesting post, I guess all industries have challenges when retaining good employees. Talented individuals have different needs and wants that need to be satisfied for them to stay in a particular job.
Glad to hear this.