Best career move I ever made - Anonymous employee SAIC Employee Review

5.0
Mar 9, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Able to learn as much as you're interested in learning. Ask and you will be given new and varied opportunities to explore and excel in. Flexibility in work schedule & working from home if desired/necessary. Pay is competitive. My management team is great.

Cons

SAIC is made up of government contracts, so it is inevitable that some contracts will be lost, and some people's jobs will be impacted. We are also going through a lot of reorganizations so many people are losing their jobs as a result of budget cuts. This is especially true in the support functions like finance, HR, and contracts. I absolutely made the right decision leaving my previous employer to come to SAIC.

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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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