Large federal defense contractor with high employee turnover at the defense client level. - Recensione dipendente - Communications Analyst presso SAIC

2,0
23 ott 2019
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Fair benefits that are comparable with other federal defense contractors of their size.

Svantaggi

Employee hiring practices at the client level are suspect. Seasoned, educated, knowledgeable, and highly experienced individuals are expected to perform the workloads of two to three members due to management incompetencies in hiring and promotion biases. Nepotism, hiring, and promoting friends without the correct experience levels, education, knowledge, skills, abilities, and certifications to competently perform basic expected work tasks. These management and hiring practices have caused seasoned knowledgeable professionals to leave contracts. These practices have depleted working relationships between the government client and the SAIC contract. The local HR and management teams have succeeded in removing diversity in leadership and management roles from the contract. Diverse members are being replaced with incompetent, less qualified, no experience members who verbosely don't have a clue about the job they are hired into or anything of value to the mission. The outlook is bleak. It is a sad case of the blind leading the blind.

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5,0
23 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Awesome people Great Benefits Work Life Balance

Svantaggi

Too many meetings Need more training for IT employees

3,0
9 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Current Leadership: The management structure has stabilized significantly, and my current supervisor is excellent—supportive, engaged, and great to work with. Excellent Team Culture: The coworkers here are fantastic. There is a strong sense of camaraderie, and the team is incredibly supportive. Strong Compensation & Growth: The base pay is competitive and fair, and there is excellent opportunity for extra pay and overtime. From a professional development standpoint, I have learned an immense amount in my field over the past year. Enjoyable Travel: Excellent opportunities for work-related travel that adds great variety to the day-to-day routine.

Svantaggi

Management Inconsistency Early On: My first supervisor took zero interest in team well-being, or development and the second had significant temperament issues that ultimately led to their departure. While it has been resolved now, Apparently management here like a lot of places is hit and miss. Heavy Workload: The workload can feel a bit overwhelming and intense at times. Striking a consistent work-life balance remains a challenge under the current demands. Role Expectation Mismatch: Some of the technical responsibilities and projects I have handled since joining were not clearly outlined or explained during the interview process. Navigating these unstated expectations alongside an already heavy workload has been a significant challenge.

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