Minor Changes Needed - Anonymous employee Leidos Employee Review

4.0
Jan 31, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great flex-time hours available/managers willing to work around family events and appointments. - Even with a cap on comp time, at least there IS comp leave given and can be accrued to 200+ hours. - There is a 401k that contributes to employees who would otherwise be unable to contribute themselves; however, this has lowered the benefit from employees that contribute on their own. (Pro/Con) - The environment of people interacted with daily are, above and beyond, a better group of people than I've worked for/with previously. - As of the moment, we have not been informed of any move to the Affordable Care Act. Our current insurance isn't as bad as it could be (under the ACA especially), but it could improve. I'm satisfied for the price paid.

Cons

- Upper management should be far more proactive in getting involved with their employees. There is a constant flux and absurd referral bonuses because the company has a difficult time retaining those currently employed. - Very little communication between engineers and leads. There are far too many engineers that don't agree with one another and often contradict another's work. As a designer, the squabbles that follow (while somewhat humorous) are inefficient and don't get much accomplished.

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Cons

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Pros

Leidos provides opportunities to work on complex government programs with meaningful technical challenges. Depending on the contract and team, there can be exposure to cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, systems engineering, networking, and mission-focused work that is difficult to find elsewhere. The company also has a large footprint, so there may be internal opportunities for people who are able to navigate the organization.

Cons

My experience was that the quality of management varied significantly by program. Communication around expectations, roles, and priorities was often inconsistent, and decisions that affected employees were not always explained clearly or handled in a transparent way. Work-life balance also depended heavily on local management. Flexibility that existed in practice could be changed quickly, and employees were sometimes left trying to reconcile changing expectations with existing workloads and personal obligations. In my view, the company would benefit from stronger oversight of program-level management decisions, especially where employee responsibilities, workplace flexibility, and performance feedback are concerned. I also found that technical decision-making was sometimes driven more by schedule pressure than by sound engineering judgment. On complex government programs, that can create unnecessary risk and frustration for employees who are trying to do things correctly.

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