Pros
Close to metro, good cafeteria food down on lobby level, free lunches at times in cafes on each floor of company. Nice office building façade (That's the only thing good about the company's building).
Cons
Poor communication, CUBICLE FARMS abound! No one gets private offices unless you are VERY SENIOR (Read: SENIOR VP or VERY important executive). Many VPs don't even get offices at all but work in cubes which is pretty demoralizing to many VPs. People don't even get to know one another in the company. Very extremely long hours are expected. Health benefits are the pits as they have VERY high deductibles. Don't even dream about moving upwards as the only way you can move up is if you join a mid-size or small firm where your work is more recognized quicker than at SAIC. At SAIC, you are just a "number" and the work you do is pretty much rote. Many of the "managers" have been there 25 years or more---don't think of trying to replace or knock them off their "pillars" because they are there forever and they don't intend to leave their "perches" because they have stock options that they don't want to give up so they can retire filthy rich. Next, they will push you out the door if you don't produce value-added work. Found work to be extremely boring and not challenging at all. Training is a real joke. Many senior executives are either prima donnas or have huge egos and are unapproachable. Most have NEVER worked other than SAIC and don't have a clue what other firms do and are NOT open to change or accept new ideas from other business environments. It bothered me to hear management bash other management folks and gossip about others in the workplace. It is unprofessional and turned me off. Management staff often arrives LATER than their subordinates in the office. What culture? There isn't one. That died with the OLD SAIC.
