SAIC is better to work for than most high level DoD contract companies - Intelligence Analyst SAIC Employee Review

4.0
Jun 15, 2010
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Pros

Management is easy to get ahold of. the 401K has a better match than Lockheed, despite needing to stay for at least 5 years in order to keep all of the company match.

Cons

Sometimes you realize the guy sitting next to you has way less experience, has an unrelated degree than the field they are working in, has constant poor performance, but is making 20K more. Gives me a bad taste in my mouth It is hard to convince management to give you a raise, and the hiring managers/recruiters are deceptive.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

Good salary and benefits now

Cons

Working for the government can be stressful

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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