Decent Job - Software Engineer SAIC Employee Review

4.0
Jul 13, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Offers decent pay and is good about ensuring contractors are taken care. I've seen projects downsized on a Monday, and by that Friday SAIC had found every former member of that team a new job.

Cons

Benefits are lacking. Insurance isn't the best, 401k match is worse than the competitors, there is no possibility of bonuses, and while they will negotiate salary with you, they will not negotiate vacation time or other benefits. Also, when working at a client site, you may find yourself only interacting with corporate when your yearly review is up. It's easy to forget you are an employee of SAIC and not the client.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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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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