Very monotonous work; they will unfortunately do anything for a dollar. - Systems Engineer SAIC Employee Review

3.0
May 3, 2011
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Pros

Some divisions have unique, cutting-edge research. If you can find those, you're all set. That said, however, SAIC is great at farming bodies out to customers without regard for employee morale or preference. If they can put you in a dark hole for their desired rate, they'll do it. Turnover while I was there was incredibly high; they lost 60% of their new hires within the first two years and struggled to mitigate that issue.

Cons

Too much bureaucracy to wade through to make a difference. It seems like there is a manager for every two engineers. They focus too heavily on hiring ex-military, and it shows too strongly in their management style. They need to balance their senior management hires to help sway the organization back to a more balanced level. That is unlikely to happen, unfortunately. The company has just gotten too big to be inspiring.

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5.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

I loved working at SAIC! It was truly a great place to work and fostered an environment where I could grow as a professional.

Cons

No cons! Pay was great, benefits were standard, people are awesome.

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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