Decent place to work, depending on your project
Pros
Note: I was working on a federal project. -Flexible hours: As long as you aren't missing meetings you can come in later if need be or take Friday off as long as you make minimum 40 hours for the week before that. This was awesome for work/life balance. -My manager was great: very flexible, no micromanaging, trusted I would get the job done (and I did). Your mileage may vary. -If you do not like your current project you can transfer to another project within the company. -Smart, capable colleagues with whom I enjoyed working. -Lots of internal webinars from corporate upper management about current projects and overall company activity: helps employees feel like the company isn't as huge as it is. -Frequent internal training opportunities at the main Fairfax office.
Cons
-Had to sign in and out at my particular project. Found this out after I accepted the job. -Mandatory 30 minute lunch break. Doesn't seem so bad until you realize that it does not count towards your 40 hours minimum per week and adds 2.5 hours to your week every week (so 8.5 hour work days, not 8). -When I started most people we putting in 40-45 hours per week at the client. Then a directive came from higher up that we needed to bill the client more and put in more hours. You could still technically work your 40-45 hours, but it was implied that only people working more would get promoted, regardless of output during those hours (so someone skating by and just warming their seat for 60 hours would look better than someone doing great work in 40). -Small end of year bonus IF your business unit overall did well. -Medical plan only had options with huge deductibles (in the thousands). -Be sure to negotiate a high starting salary because salary increases are very, very small (1-3%, 5% if you went above and beyond).
