Leidos reviews

This is specifically for SD&A, Leidos has separate divisions that work completely independent to one another. STAY AWAY FROM SD&A, IT IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN! Morale extremely low - SD&A has been in decline for years. It started as L3 SDS, but had major cuts and laid off all their manufacturing personnel and outsourced their production to Sanmina Corp (that never deliver on time, and get little support from SD&A). They merged with L3Harris, so more cuts. Then got sold to Leidos, then even more cuts. Because of that and the toxic workplace culture, the turnover rate is extremely high. There were several people that started with me and quit before their first year. The main offices in Tewksbury, MA and St. Petersburg, FL were eerily empty even when I first started. Cut-Throat, Back-stabbing, and Vindictive Culture - Most employees are ex-military, and if you aren't, you're not part of the club. There is a very selfish egocentric attitude at this division. Employees do not share information, they work for themselves. Managers turn a blind eye to harassment issues. Even when reported to HR and Leidos Ethics, they didabsolutely nothing. Somehow the company prides itself on being a "Most Ethical Company", it's not true and just a PR stunt. Poor Quality Product - The product is very unreliable and cheaply made. They don't invest anything into R/D, but just recycle old bad ideas. There are several active lawsuits and huge contracts were lost due to non-functioning products. Poor Leadership - The new president of the company didn't last two years, just abruptly left without a word being said. Then was replaced by someone from another failing security detection company. It's highly likely this company is going to get broken up and sold off.

Where to start? I work on a military installation, and the contractors at my command are Leidos. We have to work on many holidays that many professional americans have off (Veterans Day, Columbus Day, MLK, etc). I do get 3 floating holidays, but I need to save those for the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and New Years Eve. We do get 8 major holidays off that we are paid. Sometimes the command will "close" the office to make sure the duty officer doesn't have to come in, forcing over 20 of us to take the day off. Leidos gives us the option of taking the day as PTO or unpaid any time the command is closed (like for weather or the above scenario). I get 15 days of PTO a year (been here 3 years) that I have to accrue. That PTO is for vacations, sick time, base closures, etc. All of the health insurance options are high deductible plans. And I mean high. Don't get sick or have surgery, and you will be ok. The Leidos supervisors are afraid to irritate the gov't (the customer) and don't call BS as much as they should when we are discriminated against in the command I work in (we are long-term employees - some of us have been here more than 10 years in the same position). We have been called deragatory names to our faces because we are contractors and our bosses report it but do not push for the offending party to be held acountable (I get it - if we lose the contract, they lose their jobs too, but still, the bottom dollar is almighty at Leidos). We used to have staff meetings 2-3 times a year where they bought us lunch or breakfast (depending on the time of day). The meetings still happen, but they don't feed us anymore. Again, its a small thing, but it is a reminder that saving a couple hundred bucks is more important than making 20+ employees feel valued. I was told I had the best annual review (and it really was a very good one). I still only got a 3% raise. It doesn's matter if I work my tail off and shine like a supernova or barely do my work, I am going to get a 3% raise. Makes me not try so hard.