Leidos reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,090 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 5,090 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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3.0
Nov 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent salary and bonus opportunities.

Cons

No defined bench policy, so several long time, highly experienced and continuously billing consultants were laid off (called a "bench release") with very little warning. The best of the maxIT RVPs left when the company was acquired and the best practices that made maxIT so successful, were thrown out the window. Now Leidos Health is struggling to obtain contracts and hang on to the best and brightest consultants in the industry. They are new to the commercial healthcare IT industry and making many huge missteps.

3.0
Oct 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

When you are on contract everything runs smoothly and the managers are extremely helpful, but as the contract draws closer to ending they seem to withdraw.

Cons

Training is non-existent. 30 days from end of contract, even if there is an option year, you WILL receive a Pink Slip and immediately laid off. Benefits depend on the contract, some fringe benefits pkgs force you to make a choice between Health Care or 401K so better check with HR before accepting job...

3.0
Sep 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

On all appearances, it looks like this is a great company to work for. New name, new mission and culture. I was excited to start working there, but it changed very quickly. Very nice offices in Reston (although do not like the open concept environment).

Cons

Majority of company employees still want to operate "as they did before" when they were SAIC. Problem is they are not supposed to and for a new hire it is difficult if you do not know how it "used to be" because you hear it all the time. Healthcare is awful. It has very high deductible plans as I guess is the norm now. Not everyone received a bonus in 2014 because company did not do well financially after split -- but "some" people got one which, in my opinion, if some got it, everyone should. Before I came (getting ready for split) there were a lot of people from SAIC promoted into new positions they did not have the experience for. This will be a negative for the company to achieve the standards they are expecting -- and what I observed very quickly. I also observed with the open office environment that everyone was listening to conversations and, if they did not like something someone said regardless of what it was (and I am not talking about inappropriate things, just general conversation), then they would report you. Kinda felt like I was in elementary school. 401K: Well, they would contribute, HOWEVER, if you left before 5 years, they would take BACK the money they contributed. Even though new people were hired for what they were expected to bring to the company to move it forward, during the reorganizations, I noticed new hires were let go instead of older SAIC employees. What message is that sending? New CEO is "old school" as well and does not bring new forward thinking to the table to take the company to a new direction.

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