Keep the corporate culture, ensure employee production is up. - Systems Engineer SAIC Employee Review

4.0
Mar 25, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Ability to transfer well within organization if you have issues with your direct manager. Company does a very good job balancing life work related issues and should have no problem giving you time off if needed. This is not a company that will make you slave over work. Very nice laid back attitude, friendly staff, most people seem to get along very well. Yearly bonuses were a plus, good performance reviews which are useful for a company this size. SAIC would be a great place to launch a career, as it allows good lateral movement and management is generally helpful if you find yourself unhappy.

Cons

Can get lost in the "big company" feel. Laid back attitude can make it hard to get work done when it needs to be. Employees who underperform are oftentimes not reprimanded -- and can even be rewarded for their laziness. Occasional bickering or "coffee break" type rumors about employees can lead to a poor work environment, especially among coworkers.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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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