Companies within a company - Distribution Planning & Design Engineer Leidos Employee Review

3.0
Jan 10, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Because Leidos is an amalgam of companies that were bought out, some offices are really close knit and chill. -Flexible hours policy, just as long as your manager is aware -Work from home when you've gained enough experience -Yearly inflation raise

Cons

-Due to the same reason as my first "pro", essentially individual divisions don't feel like they're part of Leidos, but more so just has the name. There aren't many benefits of that fact which outweigh the cons, such as education reimbursement. You only get reimbursement or training if your division has enough margin/profit. Even if the company as a whole makes a huge margin, there's no way to improve your education. -I don't feel like Leidos puts my needs ahead of shareholders. For instance, bonuses disappeared when our previous company was bought by SAIC/Leidos because now all extra profit is given to shareholders. I imagine this is also where potential funds to increase education and have us stick around and feel valued go. -Benefits keep decreasing. -We were forced to either go to Walgreens or have medicine shipped to our house, or pay for medicine in full. -Pay is below average when compared to our competitors. -Moving laterally is about impossible, just because you really aren't part of Leidos as a whole, but just the group you're in. So, if you want to move to another group/division, you may as well go to another company, since you're treated as such.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Leidos provides opportunities to work on complex government programs with meaningful technical challenges. Depending on the contract and team, there can be exposure to cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, systems engineering, networking, and mission-focused work that is difficult to find elsewhere. The company also has a large footprint, so there may be internal opportunities for people who are able to navigate the organization.

Cons

My experience was that the quality of management varied significantly by program. Communication around expectations, roles, and priorities was often inconsistent, and decisions that affected employees were not always explained clearly or handled in a transparent way. Work-life balance also depended heavily on local management. Flexibility that existed in practice could be changed quickly, and employees were sometimes left trying to reconcile changing expectations with existing workloads and personal obligations. In my view, the company would benefit from stronger oversight of program-level management decisions, especially where employee responsibilities, workplace flexibility, and performance feedback are concerned. I also found that technical decision-making was sometimes driven more by schedule pressure than by sound engineering judgment. On complex government programs, that can create unnecessary risk and frustration for employees who are trying to do things correctly.

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