Nov 13, 2008
SAIC reviews
3.9
75% would recommend to a friend
Jim Reagan
59% approve of CEO
62% positive business outlook
SAIC has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,898 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SAIC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).
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2.0
Nov 13, 2008
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As far as defense companies go SAIC is mediocre, and there it seams is where they want to stay. If other companies offer a benefit SAIC will match it, but never pass it. Not all is bad, the management is so clueless that you could stroll in around 10 and leave around 3 and as long as you have all your work done, they really dont care. Also there is no dress code, so everyone pretty much wears jeans and short all year long, sandals are not uncommon either. They really take personal time here very seriously, I have been in meetings where we waste more time trying to satisfy everyones schedule than we do in requirements gathering and design. anything to not miss that new movie, or that bike race, you get the idea.
Cons
2 words, MANAGEMENT SUCKS, this place is a throw back to the 80's it is so research focused that about 85% of the management has no clue how to treat human beings. The concept of empathy is so gone from these people that they are could run over you in a car and then get out of the car to make sure the car was ok. There is absolutely no leadership and Upper management is commonly undermined by middle management. There are some horrible software issues as well, the transition from prototype to operation is completely gone. Management just does not have a clue how to set up the processes to do that. In one word its a mess, stay as far away from here if you value your career and want to see it flourish or if you want to grow as a technical abilities.
2.0
Nov 5, 2008
SAIC: Work here to cut your teeth on great technical work, please your customers -- then leave.
Former employee
McLean, VA
Recommend
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Pros
You can work on complex, complicated technical issues with other bright people. You can find someone in almost any field at the company that could legitimately be looked at as a world expert; I had the opportunity to manage projects in some cutting edge areas. The stock compensation plan used to be the best reason to work there -- that model is long gone. I came in in early 2000's; Sarbanes Oxley, then the IPO put an end to options as a way of incentivising performance, and there's nothing that came in to replace it.
Cons
The company is incredibly stove-piped. That was changing somewhat as I was leaving but it wil be a long road. It can possibly be attributed to the way the company founder set it up -- he wanted divisions to be contantly competing with each other so they would stay lean and hungry; also probably because he had control issues and didn't want any organization to get too big. What the result was is that you were constantly looking over your shoulder within the company to guard your 'sand box' against other divisions. I would say the biggest drawbacks to working at SAIC is that there is no career track for senior people; the compensation is so-so (forget about bonuses -- really); they don't want to hear your ideas about business opportunities. I was constantly struck by how the place must run on testosterone -- every meeting was an opportunity for one divison manager or another to spread his tail feathers like a peacock. Woe-be to the poor guy or gal that gets stuck as a proposal manager -- you get no support, get micro-managed by idiots who don't know anything about your business, and don't get a dime in reward after you've won.
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