I understand that it is common for some FBI SA's who eventually transition to an SA position with an IG shop - I am assuming that better hours and work life balance considerations are a big factor. I spoke with a Secret Service SA and he said that the turnover rate is pretty steep around the 4-5 year mark for their organization due to field office rotation requirements. Anybody know the hours and commitment requirements for a "successful" SA career? is a "50 hour work-week" more like 50+ hours on average or "generally" not more than 50 hours? Is it very common to work on weekends and during holidays? Is "burnout" common among SA's? Also, it would be interesting to know what is the turnover rate after the first 3 years as an SA. Most people eventually got burned out and left. It was common to work 55 hours a week with the occasional 80 hour weeks streak. Many of my coworkers were either single or unmarried, divorce was also prevalent at the senior levels. The organization I worked for had the reputation for a great place to start a career, but not have one.
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Therefore, recruiting was constantly going bananas to bring in people, and not surprisingly, for each person leaving there were 2-3 applicants. I would estimate that 20-25% of my class left each year during my time there. Most people would leave within 3-4 years. My background is in consulting/auditing and while the work was interesting and engaging, we had a huge turnover rate.
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I'd like to know what are your thoughts on SA work life balance.