Just OK - Engineer Leidos Employee Review

3.0
14 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- More money depending on the program. - Company benefits may work for some - Remote capabilities

Cons

- Some Technical leads are absolutely a waste of existence and shocked that they are still in a job. Some guys I know of do not have the adequate skillset to do the job but somehow they are still kept. - If you give out your phone number here, do not expect to have a peaceful personal life -Don't expect to get promoted or a raise unless you kiss a lot of rear-end - Some project managers are ummm < Not intelligent> - You might get thrown into a program where leadership gives you tasks totally irrelevant to your skillset and still expect it to be done and correctly, without any clear definition of what they actually want. - Don't forget unrealistic timelines where senior leadership makes promises without actually consulting the engineers. - Some management is fake. They "pretend" to like you, so they dump more work on you with little to no recognition. - Management are also gatekeepers to your tuition. If your supervisor doesn't like you, do not expect it to get approved despite there being an overhead for everyone should they take it. Its not their money anyway so why gatekeep someone's personal progress - especially if employees are entitled to this?

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Ability to work from home

Cons

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3.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Leidos provides opportunities to work on complex government programs with meaningful technical challenges. Depending on the contract and team, there can be exposure to cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, systems engineering, networking, and mission-focused work that is difficult to find elsewhere. The company also has a large footprint, so there may be internal opportunities for people who are able to navigate the organization.

Cons

My experience was that the quality of management varied significantly by program. Communication around expectations, roles, and priorities was often inconsistent, and decisions that affected employees were not always explained clearly or handled in a transparent way. Work-life balance also depended heavily on local management. Flexibility that existed in practice could be changed quickly, and employees were sometimes left trying to reconcile changing expectations with existing workloads and personal obligations. In my view, the company would benefit from stronger oversight of program-level management decisions, especially where employee responsibilities, workplace flexibility, and performance feedback are concerned. I also found that technical decision-making was sometimes driven more by schedule pressure than by sound engineering judgment. On complex government programs, that can create unnecessary risk and frustration for employees who are trying to do things correctly.

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