Welcome to Cheap A-- Company Inc! Politics and favoritism limited advancement no matter how hard you work.
Pros
CACI is a large company with a wide range of offerings and services. The work you perform is based on the team or division you join, so there can be an opportunity to work on multiple projects and clients over a multi-year career with the company. The initial pay is market value and your friends can earn referral bonuses for hiring you. The company is trying to get better with its internal systems but is growing way too fast at the moment. You can see attempts to move the giant monolith in a new direction but there are far too many issues and cultural problems for this to work any time in the near future.
Cons
There is limited opportunity for advancement due to company structure and internal politics. The company is very stovepiped with every division operating as its own entity and attempts to join another division are seen as territorial back-stabbing. The pay is fair market coming in the door, but yearly increases are only 3-5%, with 5% being the norm for superior work. Management pushes for employees to be certified and trained, however do not put money behind this training and expect that employees pay for and pursue training themselves on their own time. Even after certifications are attained, the reward or "return on investment" is zero as pay is not adjusted to match new market value. New hires frequently come into the company making significantly more than veterans even at the same pay band due to the poor yearly increases. CACI is known internally as Cheap A-- Company Incorporated due to the pinching and tightening at every corner. Every month there's a new reason as to why an expense cannot be approved. Employees are expected to travel long distances and overnight trips to support clients with zero money reimbursed for travel expenses. Promotion and recognition is solely based on internal politics and monetary games rather than individual merit.