Poorly managed - Accountant SAIC Employee Review

1.0
Jul 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At the start, they were good at giving you the feeling the company's work is important and meaningful. I really enjoyed being involved in govt contacts, interesting work.

Cons

There are serious management issues in the Oak Ridge office and the company's as a whole. Employees are routinely taken advantage of, forced overtime, taking away education benefits even after the company and economy bounced back after the recession, forcing employees to break vacation plans because they can't seem to stay adequately staffed (they refuse to hire enough people to do the work), constant micromanagement, blocking employee advancement and flattening all opportunities for growth within departments.

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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
CEO approval
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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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