Leidos reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(5,090 total reviews)
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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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2.0
Jul 16, 2014

In a state of flux

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Pros

A new CEO just came on board this week who will, hopefully, turn around the company after 2 years of upheaval. The company was founded on entrepreneurial principles and grew by acquisition of mainly small companies, so there is a strong foundation of very smart people dedicated to doing good work

Cons

The company culture has been stripped bare. Training is rare and on your own time unless there's a direct offset for a particular contract. There is virtually no career path except for a select group of high potential individuals.Compensation is OK. Benefits were slashed in the SAIC/Leidos split. Between the split and significant reduction in government spending, there is a lot of uncertainty about job security -- no bench, so it's 2 weeks & you're gone no matter if you've been there 6 months or 24 years.

3.0
Jun 27, 2014
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Pros

Great colleagues, at least in my division (corporate side, not contract side), who work hard, and do a great job making the company look good. Flexible schedule and working remotely allowed for most of my colleagues.

Cons

The company, from the split to the day I left, seems to be a bit rudderless. Management seems to think that they can cut their way to prosperity, as corporate divisions were essentially skeleton crews. Their focus on the quarterly report, and cutting costs to raise the share price by a few cents is "penny-wise and pound-foolish" as the saying goes. Rather than invest in the employees to get long-term growth and prosperity, management is desperate to please fickle Wall Street. The short-term outlook is what's slowly killing the company, IMO. Closer to my everyday work environment, my team lost its ability to work set days from home, which we had before the split, and was put on a particular schedule.This was my supervisor's attempt to please senior leadership who, from all my observations and experience, do not give a crap about the peons that do not report directly to them. The 50% longer commute when the division moved from McLean to Reston was not at all welcome. Aside from our immediate supervisors, I don't think others within, or responsible for, our group, really know what it is we each do, and therefore our worth to the division and the company. Otherwise, my assignment after the split would not have been such a huge under-utilization of my skill set.

1.0
Jun 13, 2014
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Pros

There are some many contradictions on the company’s culture. The changes on direction from management are the worst; most employees are concerned on how to please their managers instead of focusing on what is the right thing to do.

Cons

There are some many challenges but the one that is the most aggregious is the poor leadership on entry level and mid level management. I only hope that senior leadership finds out what goes on at the ground level sooner than later.

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