Was there for many years before the split, when it was still SAIC and an "Employee Owned Company". - Billing Analyst II Leidos Employee Review

3.0
19 Apr 2019
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Pros

When it was still SAIC, and still an "employee owned company", it was amazing. The benefits were great, the employees were more about being a "team". It taught me a lot, the corporate environment, professionalism, and what a work family was like.

Cons

When the company went public (before the split) the downward spiral started. Layoffs became a normal occurance. The split to two companies (SAIC and Leidos), only exasperated that. More focus on micromanagement, constant realignments. I get that organizations need this, but it became too frequent. When my department was laid off, I looked elsewhere for work. I was exhausted from the continuous change. Change is good, but not as often as it happened there.

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Pros

Ability to work from home

Cons

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3.0
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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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