boy have things changed in the last few years - Anonymous employee SAIC Employee Review

1.0
Mar 4, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

support from fellow employees, not management

Cons

the work environment has changed so much in the past few years. It has gone from a place where people truly loved their jobs and would work untold hours to get the job done right to a place where people want out, do only what is needed and talk down the company. The management that I worked under did not understand our department, the areas we supported and how to support their staff. They were only interested is making sure that their manager thought they were doing it all. If they had to learn the general process of each department then they would be in a better place to make decisions concerning the departments.

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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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