After one year at SAIC - Associate Software Engineer SAIC Employee Review

5.0
Sep 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As a brand new Full-Stack Developer, I felt like the team that I was assigned to really had a lot of patience as I was learning the ropes on being more professional and efficient. It was a great environment to learn in, and my team has been nothing but passionate in their endeavors to accomplish our goals. This has been a great place to start my career as a Software Engineer. I've earned a few certifications during my time at SAIC to include Security+ and AWS Cloud Practitioner, so it's a great place to not only start your career but build on it as well. There are incentive based raises that happen on a yearly basis, and other opportunities for promotions and upward mobility within SAIC.

Cons

You may potentially find yourself stuck on one project for an extended period of time, especially if it is a rather large project. Some projects mandate that you have certain certifications, so if you're not willing to put in the effort to study for them and pass, your opportunities may be limited.

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5.0
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Pros

The SAIC management on my contract are excellent.

Cons

After completing my first years, I have no complaints. My SAIC experience has been everything that I had hoped.

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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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