Pros
The work was very interesting with each project. It expanded my knowledge each time and pushed me to do things i had never done before (i was very happy to jump in and learn). Some training was provided but you had to always ask and wait to get approved even though it was related to your work. Management mentoring was not the best, you had to jump in and learn as you went ( am fine with that, been there many times). I appreciate the opportunity to work for the company, but something inside me is telling me this is no longer a place I want to be. It does sadden me to say this since I hoped to be here until I decided to stop working.
Cons
In the last year a dark cloud has covered and consumed SAIC. The bottom line has festered an unsustainable business model of enforcing employees be fully billable (just under 100% of their work day) to a project and in their spare time expected to bring in new business-(which is not direct billable time like a project), You have mandatory training on time charging:be accurate/ do it right every time, every day! But it takes longer, yearly you are trained on ethics, to enter correct time accurately. However if you charge more time than allotted, even though you are being accurate you will be put in a bad light if you go over the budget hrs. Management turns a blind eye..it looks good on the reports. I did enjoy the work, collaboration was encouraged with other internal organizations, but in reality everyone was always looking out for themselves. If you did not give them a project or business proposal number to charge to, NO CONVERSATION. Would you call that collaboration!!?This what upper Management is creating with people frantic about having a charge number to keep their jobs!!!!!! SAIC continually asks how to keep the churn down and hang on to employees. .I am stumped that the SAIC executives cannot see what the problem is: 'YOU DO NOT TAKE CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND ARE NOT REASONABLE WITH YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF BILLABLE TIME%!!!!! You are pushing people out the door with little compensation to find the next job...really only one (1) month after more than a decade ZERO severance....that's it? You are a 11 BILLION dollar company, that's right with a "B", a Fortune 500 company.. and all you can pull out of your pocket is less than 9K for someone who gave you over 10 years,with great performance feedback EVERY YEAR, hope that makes you feel good and sleep at night knowing you met your bottom line.