NCI Information Systems Reviews

Former Employee – worked at NCI Information Systems

Pros – A growing company that is very good at winning contracts for information technology in support of primarily the military

Did a great job of encouraging their employees and providing support as far as obtaining degrees and certifications.

Will generally support you as an employee in relation to the government customer better than smaller contractors who will pretty much do whatever they think the government wants

Cons – You may not work for NCI if your contract gets moved to a different company. Most contracts get shifted to a new company within five years or so. If NCI wins a recompete it may be as a subcontractor and you might be moved to the new contractor.

A lot depends on your local management. If you have a bad local manager it is difficult to address beyond your locale (I was fortunate to have good management)

Benefits are average

Advice to Senior Management – Be more upfront with your employees concerning contracting issues. Everyone knows that contracts move from company to company and the employees stay in place, so getting employees to sign statements saying they will only work for NCI is silly and unprofessional.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at NCI Information Systems

Pros – -exposure to enterprise level systems
-interaction with Federal government
-great initial team spirit

Cons – -glass ceiling in promotions and salary
-no defined career path at local site
-tons of internal and governmental politics
-limited training budget
-high management turnover. One manager stayed only 2 weeks; average term is 18 months.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to manage you customer. Local management lost millions of dollars because of inability to manage the customers expectations. NCI should offer the customer a list of solutions to implement, not the other way around. Also, document when a solution is rejected;many times NCI takes the blame for not implementing the solution that was presented in the past but had no proof to show the government that the plan was submitted.

Current Employee – been working at NCI Information Systems

Pros – They are okay to work for. They have been improving in meeting current benefit standards.

Cons – When a government contract is up in the air due to funding, NCI does not take into consideration of compensating employees or working with employees to move them to other opportunities that they may have open. Although, the majority of the employees are non-exempt you are still treated as an exempt employee. In other words, they will only pay you what is billable.

Advice to Senior Management – If you want to retain good/quality people get in align with corporate values.

Current Employee – been working at NCI Information Systems

Pros – + They incourage and provide tools for education advancement.

Cons – - Pay is below average for this position and COL compared to other compaines.
- Takes for ever to earn a couple days of leave
- No overtime.

Advice to Senior Management – Give a fair salary for position.

Former Employee – worked at NCI Information Systems

Pros – Laid back work environment. Exciting future.

Cons – Management does not foster or encourage technical growth of engineers

Advice to Senior Management – none

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend