Vantaggi
OAI senior management staff are easy to reach, helpful and place emphasis on supporting both their customers and their employees. OAI provides a competitive benefit package with a choice of 3 excellent medical/RX insurance plans, dental and vision plans and free life and long-term disability plans. OAI provides significant vacation and sick leave days each year and lets you borrow additional leave hours if you need. They also give annual cost of living raises similar to Federal locality raises. As a large federal contractor, they will help you find another position if your contract ends. OAI continues to add Project Managers to provide to their management staff to provide additional outreach to employees through site visits, phone calls and email. Most of their senior staff spent their careers working for federal agencies (many of them at NOAA Fisheries) and will provide career mentoring if asked.
Svantaggi
OAI is working on increasing professional development opportunities for their employees. OAI will work with their employees to provide training and career development opportunities, often by sharing the cost of attendance and working with the employee to cover the time away from work.