Great place to work if you enjoy developing cutting edge tech for the military - Software Engineer SAIC Employee Review

3.0
Aug 25, 2008
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Pros

SAIC provides excellent compensation and benefits package. They really know how to take care of their employees. They provide tuition reimbursement, auto insurance discounts, and are even trying out a new student loan repayment service. They also provide you with training if you actively seek it. While the pay is great, you're also able to work on cutting edge technology projects. The environment in my current office is very laid back though everyone is very knowledgeable about their respective subjects. People at SAIC seem to be very devoted to getting the job done. It may just be the team I work with, but there is a common sense of devotion to the project.

Cons

There is plenty of red tape in this organization. Though this seems to be the case in many government contracting businesses, it seems to be more prevalent in this organization. It seems as though administrative tasks that should take a day end up taking a week, two, or three. There are also countless meetings and teleconferences that don't provide any real value. The organization seems to promote a conservative undertone, which may not be the best place for a young progressive to start their career. It seems to take an act of God to get money approved for new contracts.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Exciting work load that is consistently evolving.

Cons

work hour flexibility is limited to a two week period.

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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