Vantaggi
-Great work life balance -Kind staff and there is a great deal of flexibility but it really depends on your team -Encouraged to take ownership of your project. -Interesting projects but most of the interesting work is done by consultants -Prefers to hire internally -Interns who perform well can get FT jobs -Flexibility on when you want to use your PTO
Svantaggi
-Project and Home Office (HO) staff have different benefits. Only HO/corporate staff are allowed to buy company stocks. -Always comes down to the bottom line. Your work is limited by LOE. -Always aiming to please the client. There is very little push back. -DAI is one of the biggest beltway bandits but still lacks processes and systems like a MEL software, project management software, databases. Projects have to recreate these from scratch. It is a waste of time. The only process and systems they have are related to procurement and finances. -Lack of transparency on pay scales. They will underpay you if they can. -Difficult to switch projects until your current project is sunsetting. -DAI is a middleman which has caused a lot of delays. -Corporate meetings are pointless. Nothing of real substance is shared. -When you start, you get 26 leave days but these include federal holidays.