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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Mar 30th, 2021 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Visual Information Specialist
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Kaiserslautern
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Loved my coworkers, not my leadership
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Great loyalty amongst employees and teams
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Terrible leadership stuck in the pre-internet days
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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3.0
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4.0
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4.0
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2.0
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2.0
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2.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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PART_TIME
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No
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No
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0.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Mar 11th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Writer/Editor
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Kaiserslautern
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Allows for growth in personal skills, not in salary or advancement
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Great place for newer grads, interns and volunteers to expand writing and/or editing expertise. Great team of creatives to work with.
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No room for advancement. Salaries are low, with women paid less than men. No raises, nor incentives. In general, there are few places to find work for English-speaking Americans working with SOFA.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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1.0
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4.0
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5.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Jan 10th, 2018 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Reporter/Photographer
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Fantastic working atmosphere, editors showed patience with and trust in writers.
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As a military reporter came over with some differences in verbiage, and didn't have an immediate predecessor at my location to assist me.
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0.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Aug 11th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Reporter
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Good job, lousy pay
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Good mission and team spirit
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pay sucks for the hard work and deadlines required
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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3.0
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2.0
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4.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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No
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Yes
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9.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Aug 8th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Editor
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Low pay with no opportunity for upward mobility
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As this is technically government work, the work-life balance is pretty great. No overtime allowed or offered, so you can pretty much leave when your day is done. Lots of people immediately check out once 5pm rolls around; even more are impossible to reach outside of work hours. Male employees with children seem to get a lot of leeway to take time off for family business. Not many women with children in my immediate division, however.
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Horrible parental leave — so don't plan on having children if you can swing it. Sick leave is pretty much all that's offered after FMLA and employees basically have to ask for fellow employees to donate their sick leave to you if you want any time to spend with your newborn. Pay is laughably low. Expect to make at least $20-30k less than in the private sector, especially for editorial roles. When you're working in the D.C. office, $40k a year is not a lot to work with. Impossible to support a family on such a sad salary. Most managers and upper level employees are men. Workplace is lacking in ethnic diversity, especially in management roles. When management or higher positions are opened, the tendency is to hire from outside instead of promoting from within, which leads to good talent leaving the company or becoming disillusioned. There seems a low sense of employee loyalty due to this. The business practices are very rooted in the "old guard" and this leads to a lack of understanding of how 21st century media workplaces are run. Very old school. Management is mostly concerned with hitting yearly review quotas as defined by how your job description is written. Don't rock the boat, or you become a target for being "let go."
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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2.0
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2.0
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4.0
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2.0
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2.0
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2.0
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2.0
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136642
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Open
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Hire more women and minorities and promote these people to upper management roles. There are simply too many middle aged (and older) white employees, many of which are men. Get rid of the "boys club" culture. Adopt and understand 21st century business practices. It's not 1955 anymore.
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Jul 4th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Customer service
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Nice people were working there
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Managers are super rude
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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1.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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PART_TIME
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No
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No
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0.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Mar 17th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Good place to intern, if you love writing.
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The team is great and very friendly.
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Not really any, was a pleasant experience.
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0.0
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4.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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No
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No
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0.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Jun 13th, 2016 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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News Reporter
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Tokyo
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stripes
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Great mission - bringing news to US servicemembers and civilians stationed overseas. Many interesting duty stations from Europe to Mid-East to Asia.
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Government red-tape - war-zone deployment (but not a con if that's what you signed up for) - duty stations are overseas so you won't have the support structure of your home town.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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4.0
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3.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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20.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Jun 12th, 2016 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Washington, DC
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Stripes
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Extremely satisfying news objective with loyal staff. Operates all over the world.
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conflicts with the federal government
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0.0
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5.0
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3.0
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5.0
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3.0
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4.0
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5.0
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136642
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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20.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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private:starsandstripes
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=136642
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Apr 19th, 2016 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Stars and Stripes
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Washington, DC
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A relic
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Reaches the troops overseas effectively.
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Poor managment. No real structure. Outdated processes. This is not the place to go if you are looking to further your career.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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2.0
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1.0
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3.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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136642
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Open
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Get with the times
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0.0
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[]
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No
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No
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6.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 06:54PM
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Stars and Stripes
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