Your experience at SAIC will depend on the managers you work for. - Systems Administrator SAIC Employee Review

4.0
Feb 12, 2010
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Pros

SAIC is a very large organization and there are very good managers and managers who seem to only look out for themselves. The 401K match is better than most. As long as you have a good manager, the company is excellent to work for. The health insurance choices are middle of the road. Blue Cross/Blue Sheild is not available through SAIC.

Cons

Some managers don't care about the employee until you put in your resignation. Then they will fight to keep you if the customer wants to keep you.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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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
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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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