Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ

Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by uhhyeahdude on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:45PM (#24888756)

What an obvious piece of propaganda/recruitment ad. Is GCHQ having such difficulty finding staff?

Cool detail about the Royal Navy and lead-lined code books though.

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by Glanford on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:49PM (#24889320)

>Is GCHQ having such difficulty finding staff?

They're trying but apparently there's not enough ballet dancers to fill all the roles.

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by delibes on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:00PM (#24889412)

In case non-UK people don't get it ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54553828

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by vanilla-almond on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:56PM (#24889816)

Also related for anyone who read the article above:

https://twitter.com/MrMichaelSpicer/status/13156404326977167...

(Comedy sketch from Michael Spicer on the subject)

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by qz2 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:15PM (#24889523)

That one solicited a decent size guffaw. What a ridiculous campaign it was.

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by nix23 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:59PM (#24890850)

Russia has quite allot...oh

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by cs02rm0 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:08PM (#24889469)

Is GCHQ having such difficulty finding staff?

A large government department requiring niche technical skills on public sector pay and bureaucracy levels in a rural part of the country?

There are probably some difficulties.

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by rmrfstar on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:45PM (#24889745)

Recruitment isn't a problem if there is a worthwhile mission. Things like the Berlin Airlift and Marshall Plan motivate people.

The idea that GCHQ is doing anything other than preserving Britain's role as junior partner in an increasingly immoral American empire is kind of laughable.

At this point, what do America and Britain stand for?

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by noir_lord on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:53PM (#24889791)

Pretty much this, they pay crap.

That and a lot of the people with the genuine skills they need are actually on the other side of the spectrum from them on things like liberty, free speech and privacy.

Fuck 'em.

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by pjc50 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:15PM (#24890474)

I know a couple of ex staff who left after a short while, dissatisfied. Obviously no details but it's clear that it combines the low pay and inflexibility of civil service work with a whole extra hassle of working securely.

Lots of advertising for all three arms of the military at the moment too.

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by qz2 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:14PM (#24889517)

Yes they are having difficulty. No one wants to be paid that terribly to work for a place that owns a big chunk of your life, leaves you somewhat less employable afterwards and does nothing even slightly sexy.

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Re:Secrets and spies: Behind the doors of the GCHQ by merrvk on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:03PM (#24890907)

Full-time staff they will struggle with as the pay is so crap for the skills they need.

I just assume they are mostly contractors these days

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