CACI International reviews

Training is both draining and does not prepare you for the real work. So while you may have put plenty of effort, it is not going to get you very far. Moreover, as you gain experience, you often find yourself even more embittered by the grueling experience day-to-day. The whole process of this work is such a mess. If you make a mistake in your report, in can (and likely will) haunt you but often 6+ months after. Reviewers who re-open your cases are mostly unfamiliar with field investigators and so often make very petty demands because they have their own metrics to catch 'potential' issues that are unfortunately quite often just subjective. On top of that, if you are in the right, it is on you to send the rebuttal up-channel which distracts for your other work. Getting a promotion in this job 'track' is vastly centered on background investigations, which entails working and reporting on cases, assigning cases, reviewing reports. While CACI is primarily a technology/software company, the investigative division is simply that. If you have poor self-discipline, this job is going to be very rough for you. There are deadlines but in reality you are the one making sure that they happen. Some folks might have a harder time if they are used to an office environment for inspiration/opportunities to commiserate with co-workers. If you hate to drive, then this job is not a good fit. While they say that you will primarily work in a 20-mile radius around you, there are many cases that bring you much further out. And technically you could be brought for cases within 100 miles from where you live.

Misleading recruitment practices -no advancement -Caci took over a large portion of the contract from USIS and did not have any idea the type of new work they were getting. They were not handling full SBI cases prior to the new contract. Metrics expectations are far worse than USIS. -they advertise 3 week case assignments, but that is false. -There is no support from leadership. Most have not worked in the field and have no idea what the job is. The expectation is that people are always available for an interview and cooperative and each interview and report takes the exact same amount of time. -If you need help and your direct supervisor doesn't have the answer, then you probably don't get an answer because he doesn't know who to ask either. -A laptop and printer are provided for OPM access, but you have to have your own computer for training, email, time sheets, expense reports, job aide, accessing internal sites etc. Anything that is CACI, mostly sensitive, proprietary information is stored on your own personal computer. If you don't have your own or have a Mac, which is not compatible with many internal programs, then they recommend you go to the library or use a friend or family members computer. The response from upper management was "its 2014, who doesn't have a personal computer?" How Professional. -they do not provide copier, scanner or fax, yet you are required to scan receipts for expenses. -They recommend going to Kinkos to copy and fax PII for case work and do not seem to understand the security concerns of handing PII to the kid at the counter and letting him take it out of sight and then scanning it into their machine where an image of that document is stored. -there is no sick time. You must take vacation. -If you take time off, even if you are traveling, you are expected to log in everyday to report what cases you'll be working on (daily manifest)