Horrible Practices - Anonymous employee SAIC Employee Review

1.0
Jul 14, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None that I can think of....oh, yes, wait, the increase in the benefits costs for shrinking benefit plans so you don't have to pay so many taxes.

Cons

Management is stuck on themselves, they want to take all of the credit for work performed, however, when something isn't exactly right, it's your head that's going to roll. Management doesn't know the processes in place, but they are quick to tell you how easy something is to get done. Also, when they want you to leave so that they can save some money, they don't offer a severance package, they force you out through unwarranted performance reviews, memoranda of expectations and performance improvement plans. The same items will appear on them, even if they were one time minor mistakes that have been corrected. Also, when it's time to give out raises, they don't focus on what you did for them in the past year as they say, but what happened in the last two weeks. Horrible ethics. HR is a joke to try to address issues with.

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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
Recommend
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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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