Once maxIT was purchased by SAIC and then split off to Leidos Health, the company culture became abysmal. - Senior Consultant Leidos Employee Review

3.0
Nov 6, 2014
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Pros

Decent salary and bonus opportunities.

Cons

No defined bench policy, so several long time, highly experienced and continuously billing consultants were laid off (called a "bench release") with very little warning. The best of the maxIT RVPs left when the company was acquired and the best practices that made maxIT so successful, were thrown out the window. Now Leidos Health is struggling to obtain contracts and hang on to the best and brightest consultants in the industry. They are new to the commercial healthcare IT industry and making many huge missteps.

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5.0
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Pros

Large companies. Willingness to work with you.

Cons

Low paying. No hybrid opportunity

3.0
May 27, 2026
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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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