Stressful - Anonymous employee SAIC Employee Review

2.0
Sep 18, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- To get a paycheck

Cons

- If you aren't in a leadership role or management you can count on being treated poorly. - You can't go to HR, they only care about the interests of the company and will only serve to make things worse for you. - No communication from leadership, constantly doing the same tasks over and over because people can't decide how they want something done. - Employees are treated very poorly. - Seems to be a culture of nasty language and a lack of professionalism. - Little to no ability to advance unless you know someone. - Unless you are mid or upper level, pay raises are close to non-existent. - Constantly have to worry about your peers stepping on you because they are as fearful of keeping their positions as you are of keeping yours. - The benefits continue to grow smaller and smaller, especially when you take into account the lack of proper raises.

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