So yesterday, I reported Amazon is having the best year of it’s life. But it’s too bad not everyone can say that. Because government spy agencies are losing recruits: Good or bad thing?
Let’s start with our own NSA. In 2017, they experienced talent, morale and recruitment slumps. In fact, one former NSA manager said morale is at an all-time low. Then, another former official said a budget crunch interferes with recruiting and promotion. Not only are they losing recruits, but even senior NSA veteran spies are leaving. Some blame the political and social turmoil surrounding Trump’s presidency. Others blame NSA Director Michael S. Rogers’ leadership. However, nobody sees an end to this dilemma.
But our NSA isn’t the only ones having problems. Because spy agencies are losing recruits in Britain. Apparently, Parliament is competing with private tech and IT support companies for recruits. And they seem to be losing. They’re trying everything to win people over. So they’re trying pay raises and other ‘cushion y’ packages. But even they admit it’s hard to compete against private companies who offer them several times as much. This is a problem because cyber crime in Britain increases at an alarming rate. Remember Wannacry?
So I ask is this a good or bad thing? It can be bad because whether we like spy agencies or not, we need them. We need them because there are terrorists, thieves, sex predators, and other sociopaths who use the web for our destruction. I know. In our computer service shop, we see the damage hackers do to good peoples’ computer systems.? We need these government agencies at full capacity to fight these evils. But look at the elephant in the room. Why are so few recruits wanting to work for these agencies? I think it’s a backlash due to the NSA surveillance scandal of 2013 and the Russian hacking scandal of 2016-17. These incidents gave government intelligence agencies black eyes.? Who wants to be associated with that? Not too many people. So what can be done to get recruits back?