Great place for bright intelligent people who can take care of themselves. - Vice President SAIC Employee Review

4.0
Apr 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Hard work is compensated. Opportunity abounds. It just takes initiative, hard work, and intelligence to have a good career at SAIC. These are some of the brightest, most ambitious employees I have ever had the pleasure to work with. The company does not tolerate "dead wood." They will fire or lay off employees who are not productive.

Cons

The company is always focused on the numbers. When the numbers are bad, overhead is cut. There is not much cushion to allow employees to find billable work when things are tight. The company will lay you off if you do not have direct, billable work.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Love the contract -People are great to work with -Very flexible with times -If had a very long day, can lessen time to work less later in week

Cons

-Sometimes you gotta work a long freaking day -Have to be ready to get called to go to base at like 1 am

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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