# Any successful move to review **URL:** \ **Category:** INVESTIGATORS\ **Created:** [March 27, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/any-successful-move-to-review/21868 "2026-03-27T19:56:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![verified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@verified](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/verified)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/any-successful-move-to-review/21868/1 "2026-03-27T19:56:39Z")
I’ve had good luck with S/Ls in the past 10 years, but my current one is making me crazy w/ the ridiculous micromanaging and twelve thousand emails/day. I am considering trying to move to review. Does anyone have any advice for moving to review? I only see job openings for experienced reviewers. ---
**Author:** ![sbusquirrel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/sbusquirrel/32/34_2.png) [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/any-successful-move-to-review/21868/2 "2026-03-27T20:22:28Z")
I’m not an investigator, but as a general guideline hiring managers are always over-specifying the qualifications and looking for that purple squirrel. Are they really ONLY looking for experienced reviewers? There’s one way to find out, send them a resume/application. ---
**Author:** ![Bleurose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bleurose](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Bleurose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/any-successful-move-to-review/21868/3 "2026-03-30T02:35:31Z")
I was crossed trainer in review and review is worse in my opinion! There was a project where they took FIs out the field to cross train for a month or so and we all begged to go back to the field. ….. just my two cents ---
**Author:** ![Lifeisrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@Lifeisrad](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Lifeisrad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/any-successful-move-to-review/21868/4 "2026-03-30T11:34:13Z")
I also did review for a while and it was my least favorite position in the BI field after 20 years and various jobs / vendors. Will never do it again. It’s tough and tedious! My two cents. ---
**Author:** ![Cal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Cal](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Cal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/any-successful-move-to-review/21868/5 "2026-03-30T16:58:31Z")
Pros and cons to both but overall I actually preferred 1099 review, and it was a lot more lucrative. The main thing I didn’t like (and the reason I left) is that work piles up when you are gone. I like to take a lot of vacation time and it was always disheartening to come back to a pile of corrected cases that needed to be looked at again. There was zero micromanaging and I’m not even sure what a micromanager would get involved in as long as you don’t sit on a case too long. The only time I ever got one-on-one attention was when I reached out with a question or issue.