A large company, but a member-focused one. - Military Intelligence Trainer SAIC Employee Review

4.0
Sep 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company seems to function well and promote strong ethics and good business values. They offer good stock options, and I was able to protect my retirement fund during the crash of 2008, by transferring all my funds to SAIC stock which held its price, while all other funds in the plan were dipping.

Cons

It's a big company, and you may end up feeling like a number.

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Decent learning and development opportunities. Some really passionate and hard working people on your teams. Performance management is relaxed and flexible.

Cons

Benefits are wildly expensive for a company of their size. Was laid off with 1.5 months notice right before Christmas. Months prior to layoff was forced to use my PTO due to gov shutdown, but was still getting my full paycheck during shutdown. I believe this was so that they could diminish our PTO banks so they would have to pay out less when they laid us off. Laid off with zero severance despite being at company for almost 4 years and being in good standing. No efforts from management to make connections for a new internal role despite being strongly encouraged to search internally. New CEO Jim is not personable at all. Gives heavy corporate and cog in a machine vibes. Rumor has it that in the defense contracting industry, SAIC will be faring rather poorly within next 1-4 years.

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