Rewarding, fulfilling and happy with my employment tenure with SAIC! - Site Manager SAIC Employee Review

4.0
May 21, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. The ability to work independently on meaningful projects. 2. In my case, having a supportive manager. 3. Work with smart team mates. 4. Benefits are above average. 5. Diversification of responsibilities.

Cons

1. SAIC is primarily a Federal Government contractor, as such projects come and go. This work environment can become temporary and uncertain. Job security is mixed. Yet, SAIC management does little to shift/forecast/plan employees from one project to another due to the many internal stovepipes and long standing structure of the company. 2. After 10 years of employment, I've seen little to no internal promotions. 3. Timesold (to Government) is king, this wares on you after a while.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Exciting work load that is consistently evolving.

Cons

work hour flexibility is limited to a two week period.

2.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Decent learning and development opportunities. Some really passionate and hard working people on your teams. Performance management is relaxed and flexible.

Cons

Benefits are wildly expensive for a company of their size. Was laid off with 1.5 months notice right before Christmas. Months prior to layoff was forced to use my PTO due to gov shutdown, but was still getting my full paycheck during shutdown. I believe this was so that they could diminish our PTO banks so they would have to pay out less when they laid us off. Laid off with zero severance despite being at company for almost 4 years and being in good standing. No efforts from management to make connections for a new internal role despite being strongly encouraged to search internally. New CEO Jim is not personable at all. Gives heavy corporate and cog in a machine vibes. Rumor has it that in the defense contracting industry, SAIC will be faring rather poorly within next 1-4 years.

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