Leidos reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,085 total reviews)
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Tom Bell

85% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Leidos has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,085 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Leidos employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Apr 18, 2016
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Pros

This might be a good place to work if you only want to take a paycheck home without thinking too much about future career development. If you are old and waiting for your retirement, why not?!

Cons

The pay scale is just slightly better than university level, and far lower than industrial level, and also significantly lower than government level. This could be a killing place if you have passion on science and have goal with your career. You basically have no chance to do any creative staff. Most technicians do what they ask to do. They cannot tell your clearly what, why, how to do the research. They seem just finish procedure and do not care about the results. Indeed, the high level people do not care about the results much either. They can fairly survive by showing "We are busy in doing something." Full of politics and office rumors. Creative scientists have no much room to survive. Bad!!

2.0
Jan 24, 2016

Project Manager

Recommend
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Pros

I have had opportunities for professional growth and work on a variety of projects. My co-workers have generally displayed commitment to producing quality technical work.

Cons

Since the company became public in 2006 and the SAIC/Leidos split in 2013, it seems that stockholders are of greater importance than the employees. Benefits have decreased. My local office has been hindered in marketing to find new work by recent corporate policies. As a result, new projects and clients have not been pursued to replace projects that have ended. The past two years have seen layoffs and departures of talented staff.

1.0
Jan 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

None. I've seen some positive reviews on this site for Leidos - take these with a big grain of salt...

Cons

Below is a list of negatives that I experienced while I worked at Leidos: - Poor compensation and benefits; objectively speaking the pay and benefits Leidos offers are definitively below average - A toxic environment where dishonest co-workers will throw you under the bus any chance they can get (however, there were a few decent people where I worked) - Management is dishonest; they also insult and scream at employees - A mentorship program is in place for younger engineers but the more senior engineers didn't take it seriously and it ultimately provided no benefit whatsoever - Members of management regularly bad-mouthed clients behind their backs - An endless amount of empty promises from upper management - Where I worked, the management team was pretty incompetent And the list goes on... In summation, I would tell any professional to think very hard before taking up employment with Leidos.

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