Pros
You can create your own schedule.
Cons
This is, without a doubt, something a congressional committee should investigate. CACI churns out Investigators (who can only obtain their clearance by actual government investigators) who quickly quit because the job is terrible. When I graduated college I needed a job badly. I already had an active clearance due to the military, so I applied. The pay was low, and non negotiable. That should have been my first clue that something was wrong. The garbage men in my town made more money per year than the starting pay for a security clearance investigator. Which is a huge problem, because the whole concept revolves around national security. I have kept in touch with other people who worked at this company and job in the area after I left, and the pay did not increase substantially. The only thing that kept my family out of the poor house was the mileage pay, which if the gas prices are high, wont help you. The wear and tear from driving your personal vehicle 100 miles a day is on you. Anyways, CACI prided itself on hiring veterans, but when I attended the 2 week training course, only 4 of us were vets. One person was previously a daycare worker. Another was fresh out of college with a teaching degree. My favorite part of training was when a 22 year old at orientation asked which holidays are federal holidays. He also flashed his badge and credentials at the airport to get free baggage (CACI reimburses you for baggage). Training in VA was heavily geared towards passing a test with an 80% or higher. After that, training was thin. It was just another "check off the box" so CACI could say we were trained. We were warned multiple times we would lose our clearances if we made mistakes. This contributed heavily to my stress (along with the metrics, Subjects/Sources, and management). I could type a much longer review, but I left after a couple years. Other highlights included: -Working off the clock to meet quotas. I did this weekly. -Having Subjects argue with me -Tracking down Subjects who applied for a clearance but do not want to conduct an interview -Tracking down records that don't exist (so no points for the effort) -Tracking down Sources who thought I was either a scam or they didn't trust the government and were greatly confused -Micromanaging leadership -My female co-workers having to interview male Subjects who were convicted or been found they had sexually assaulted women -Paying out of pockets for records because CACI only reimburses up to a certain amount for types of records, and the records were lengthy. Paranoia I would lose my own clearance if I did not submit the full file, so out of pocket cost for me. -Review kicking back my packets, which hurt my quality quota. But, there was so much work to be done, that I had to let quality side (quantity was viewed as more important). -Worried I would get shot knocking on doors in remote areas at night (manager insisted we attempt neighbors houses at night), or crime ridden areas -Believing a Subject Interview would only take 2 hours, but having it go to 6 hours because of every issue possible under the sun. This ends up counting against you, as again, you have a quota, and problematic Subjects take more time to interview and type reports for. -Paranoia I would have the next Bradley Manning as a Subject and get my clearance revoked as a result (This was stated by IO). -IO warned us heavily that if we wrote something off because we couldn't find it, they would send other investigators to try and find it, and if found we would get in trouble and have our clearances revoked). -Subjects cannot fill out paperwork correctly, so you end up taking notes and writing longer reports. Which again, goes against you and your quota. I could continue and write a book about my adventures, but it was truly a stressful, low paying job that needs a complete overhaul.