SAIC Reviews

Former Employee – worked at SAIC full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great resources. Depth and Breath

Cons – Capriciousness, indecision: company lacks real direction

Advice to Senior Management – Get your act together

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at SAIC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – SAIC is about making their customers happy. They strive to be the best in the industry and let their employees use innovation to reach this goal.

Cons – SAIC is in the process of splitting into 2 companies which is expected to happen in the Fall of 2013. While direct positions should not be affected there is currently a lot of changes to indirect employees which is making indirect positions very unstable and unattractive for the time being.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SAIC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Rate of Pay. Management and the people along with the many self service training programs created a wonderful experience for me personally. I would have stayed with SAIC for the rest of my Career could I have avoided the lay-off. I will miss working at SAIC.

Cons – SAIC just recently split causing a reduction in Labor Hours. Many people lost their job.
The Benefits Program also took a major hit.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a look into the lower ranks to get an overall picture of what it actually takes to run the many different programs.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at SAIC full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good balance work and life

Cons – High turnover, little upward mobility

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at SAIC full-time for more than a year

Pros – SAIC is dedicated to delivering innovative applications of science and technology from basic research to operationally deployed solutions. Long heritage of diverse and talented scientists and engineers solving tough problems. Good company to work for.

Cons – Lost touch with innovation heritage. Organizational framework lacks strategic focus.

Advice to Senior Management – Consider organizing around markets, products, services, or customers to eliminate operations inefficiencies and customer confusion. Consider institutionalizing people philosophy to hire and retain top talent.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SAIC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – SAIC has their hands in just about every type of contracting work, so there is great diversity when it comes to different jobs available.

Cons – Depending on your working location, SAIC does not treat all of it's employees fairly. The more you are detached from the corporate environment, the less respect you get from the company as a whole.

Advice to Senior Management – Consistency with off-site management, compared to corporate management, could steer this company in the right direction and show employees that the company cares about them as an individual.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at SAIC full-time

Pros – Work life balance, flexibility, technologies

Cons – salary, growth, lack of training

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at SAIC full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - Diverse portfolio
- Location
- Some friendly people

Cons – - Leadership at all levels is not honest with the employees.
- Lack of clear or consistent vision.
- Managers give lip service to programs but only watch cost & how it raises their status.
- Planned split is causing many of the best performers and minds to leave.
- Wild West atmosphere internally where no one talks to each other and competes for same work.
- Redundant overhead is pervasive. Meetings to have meetings about a meeting is a waste.

Advice to Senior Management – 1) Don't tell your employees that the planned split is subject to stockholder approval when the "vote" is to be after all steps have been taken and companies will be essentially operating independently already. One high level manager said, "Even if the vote is no, it will be YES."

2) Don't lay off quality & experienced people and replace them with those with ZERO experience in the field just to save a few dollars. It will cost you more in the long run when you have to recover, and it places the company below industry standard.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at SAIC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Higher than average salary for the area

Cons – Lack of proactive management and career development opportunites

Advice to Senior Management – Give more recognition to those who actually produce for the company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at SAIC full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Smart people, some great leaders, good contracts. Good benefits, nice facilities and opportunities to advance if you're willing to crush other people to do it.

Cons – Politics and a legacy culture based on cutthroat competition and an attitude of 'get ahead at any cost.' Too much emphasis on 'do as I say, not as I do' from a few top managers. Very little loyalty from senior management to long-term, mid-level employees. The Board is more interested in feathering their own nest than taking care of the company and its people.

Advice to Senior Management – Lead by example. Trust your subordinates. You've hired people for their subject matter expertise; use it. Have some loyalty to those employees who have put their entire lives into SAIC. Don't just toss them aside after 35+ years with the company...that kind of lead-pipe capitalism is ultimately self-defeating.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company