Noble mission but needs to reacquaint themselves with the customer - Anonymous JIEDDO Employee Review

A fantastic, relevant combat mission that has a true impact on what is going on with deployed forces at the forward edge. If you are in uniform, this is a great way to get joint credit and credit for working in the Pentagon without actually having to be in the building. Also on the cutting edge of technology and intel analysis!

As the organization has down-sized it has shed workers but increased senior staff and become top-heavy. This hurts what was once an agile and entrepreneurial organization. In some ways it has become a haven for retired military turned GS15's, some of whom have little supervisory responsibility. There is one SES who adds zero value and in fact no one, civilian or military, could tell me what he did. Even a couple of O6's were hanging out with no real job responsibilities. It also has a somewhat incestuous relationship with its contractors. Over time, though contracts have changed, the faces have stayed the same.

Mission could make you feel like you are contributing to the support of warfighter

Organization is extremely poorly run and is hostile to competence. Review IG report which scratches the surface of the incompetence and utter disregard for good management, acquisition principal, and providing support to the warfighter with materiel that actually works. Further the old boy network is extremely competent in ensuring only certain people are hired and promoted. This total disrespect of employees is sanctioned by DTRA, the parent Agency. The organization disregards Congressional mandates and operates with impunity. JIEDDO/JIDA/JIDO is the definition of a hostile work environment and the racism is repugnant. By definition, there is no real sexism because the gender of workers are used to ensure that ethic and racial minorities aren't hired or promoted.