SRA International Reviews

Current Employee – been working at SRA International full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Not that many any more, but their 401K match is decent, though I'm sure that's going to be going away soon too.

Cons – SRA used to be a great place to work, but at some point they just stopped caring about the employees and it shows. You really don't need to look any further then the fact that they've lost many contracts, and have lost or laid off close to 2000 people in the last two years. Now if this was a 100000 person company, that wouldn't be that much, however for a company that only had 8000 people at it's largest that's 25% of the workforce.

Recently they've stripped people's PTO from 5 weeks (if you had over 7 years of service) to 4, and put a cap on the carry-over balance. Needless to say, the morale here stinks and the Big Wigs will say that everyone's having to make sacrifices to make us competitive again, but I'm pretty sure their bonuses aren't be sacrificed. At some point, when SRA is slightly in the green again, Providence Equity Partners (the equity firm that bought SRA 2+ years ago) is going to sell us to the highest bidder, and that will be that.

The worst part about everything is that Corporate's communication has been horrible with all of these effective changes. We were informed about the PTO change about 2 weeks before it went into effect, and when they removed all floating holidays it was stated in a bullet in one of the mass emails they send out.

If you are brought on, don't plan on furthering your career much. Management makes a lot of unfulfilled promises on career development, training, pay increases, bonuses, etc.

Advice to Senior Management – Start caring about the employees again. After all, they are the one's that are directly billable to the government that is providing your bonuses.

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

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

Pros – Decent culture - people treated fairly.
Decent salaries and incentives.

Cons – High turnover in executive management causes some loss of focus.

Advice to Senior Management – Let the engineers be engineers but keep them away from business development and marketing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at SRA International full-time for less than a year

Pros – 401 K match up to 4%

Cons – too many to list
your career depends SRA client, mostly like to be government.
For them, you are cheap labor. If the government cut budget, they give you two weeks to seek position within the company, which is full of crap positions never filled

Advice to Senior Management – get rid of stupid managers, know how to treat employees

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 SRA International full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Non-management staff are an outstanding group of talented people

Cons – - Top heavy, management-bloated organization (way too many VPs, Senior VPs, Executive VPs, etc.) steeped in 1970s/1980s management mentality
- "Good 'Ol Boys" make up a lot of that top heaviness
- Company expects ridiculous working hours, and does not appear to care about work/life balance or the impact working schedules have on families
- "Frugal" company that cuts costs in the most ineffective areas
- Company is reactive, not proactive
- Company values numbers, not people
- Management "spins" information to the customer so much that it borders on dishonesty
- HR department appears to be staffed with people that have no knowledge or experience with HR

Advice to Senior Management – First, your employees are the ones who are doing the work - value and respect them as they should be! Employees should not be made to feel as if it's a privelege to work for this company - it isn't, and the company should be priveleged that some good people have chosen to work there (for whatever reason). Second, clean house! Get rid of the unnecessary senior management, the old Theory X management mentality, the anti-employee attitude, and the Good 'Ol Boy network. If you need to cut costs, start with unnecessary, dead wood executives and their salaries - dont take away leave time from employees who need it! Last, do more listening and less dictating - especially regarding areas in which you are not experts.

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

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

Pros – for a short contract, say 6 mos. company is bearable.

Cons – no future; what you are hired for you will be doing the rest of the time there; more or less a body shop with a lot of games going on; a lot of two faced management at line level; very poor communication by management; unprofessional behavior ignored;

Advice to Senior Management – learn how to manage; due something about poor line management and their incompetence; mushroom theory of management practiced; task management is non-existent.

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 SRA International full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – I like the people I work with

Cons – The company says it strives to be a "best place to work" but all of the HR actions they are taking proves otherwise. We are clearly driven by the bottom line, screw the employees.

Advice to Senior Management – With all the employees having to give up old time benefits, like the nice health care plan, the on-site nurses, and the formerly industry-standard PTO plan, why don't you chip in some of your excessive bonuses so you can feel the pain like the rest of the staff? You preach Honesty & Service, but why don't you live up to? Talk is cheap, much like your actions.

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 SRA International full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - Lingering "good" corporate culture, however, largely off-set by other challenges.
- Mid-tier benefits but declining focus on what actually benefits staff.
- Challenging technical / client work.
- Good historical reputation with clients and in Federal work-space.
- Good work life balance.

Cons – - Aging corporate tools and infrastructure greatly lagging to support business.
- Staffing and upward mobility, more and more challenging too coordinate.
- Losing distinct corporate culture that was once a hallmark of the organization.
- Poor sense of corporate connection for off-site staff

Advice to Senior Management – Get back to focusing on the SRA "family" culture, ensure that staff see and live the corporate culture at a macro level. Fix burdensome staffing issues and time to source candidates for open revenue generating positions. Show more honesty with staff regarding changes to corporate leadership, policies, and benefits - rather than espousing pollyanna platitudes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at SRA International full-time

Pros – The work/life balance is very flexible.

Cons – Everything else not mentioned in Pros

Advice to Senior Management – Hire new management

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 SRA International full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – It's better than being unemployed.

Cons – SRA used to be one of the best companies to work for. Now they are one of the worst. They have once again cut our benefits to "be more competitive", yet have not touched the Sr. Management incentive bonuses a dime.

They have just announced (with two weeks before it takes effect) that they are lowering vacation by five days and capping it at one times the annual rate RETROACTIVELY. In other words, if you have been trying to save vacation time because they keep laying off employees, you are essentially not going to accrue any more leave until you get down below the cap. This change, in addition to the changes to the floating holiday structure, has effectively lowered the employees compensation by 10%. Seeing as they have been capping salary increases to 2% over the last few years, that means they are paying you less then what you were paid four years ago.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop treating upper management like kings and show some appreciation for the people that are actually keeping your client happy.

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 SRA International full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Still stands on the ethics of honesty and service. Takes care of its employees and has been transparent about its standing since gone private.

Cons – Seems like its losing its charm and trying hard in this economic climate to maintain profit.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend