SAIC reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,900 total reviews)

Jim Reagan

59% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

SAIC has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,900 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SAIC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Mar 15, 2009

Good choice for those looking for work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It is interesting work and I am given a good deal of flexibility in carrying out my responsibilities.

Cons

It is very focused on providing FTE resources rather than services which limits it's ability to leverage people effectively.

3.0
Mar 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is potential to do useful and challenging work at SAIC. Your particular experience will depend on your particular boss and contract. Top management wants to do the right thing by improving conditions for employees. They initiated this with a couple employee surveys in the last year or two, with results sent to local managers to improve the working environment. I suspect that in some cases, the local managers used the results to improve the environment for the workers. In my own experience, it seemed like the local manager(s) read the results, then white-washed the deficiencies and used the positives to justify their own performance.

Cons

Tend to manage contract paperwork. The actual work is contracted out to subcontractors. If work is in short supply, some managers will check with other local divisions to get coverage. Others may not do anything outside their own group, which was my experience. There are huge opportunities at SAIC, but it your are not in Virginia, those may be far away from home. At times, there is competition between divisions that prevents open communication to win contracts. This competition can lead to discouragement to communicate to empoyees of another division. It is a large company with large company issues and characteristics.

1.0
Mar 12, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the Benefits are not bad.

Cons

Lot of Nepotism. Many, Many Sisters, Brothers, Mothers, Daughters, Cousins, etc., all working together in the same office. There is a lot of favortism also. Not a very friendly place if you are a new employee. You are not even introduced to your fellow workers. Seems to look down their noses if you are not in the higher paying position that some employees are. Some managers let their employees do their jobs with no extra benefits, other than the false pretense that they are important. But these people can and are replaced at the drop of the hat, so to speak.

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