SAIC reviews

Extreme micromanagement: Never before was I ever required to have my supervisor pre-screen emails before I'd send them to colleagues outside my group; all contacts with client had to be documented like formal meetings with extensive minutes reports, even phone calls. This is demeaning, insulting, and unprofessional. I was never given work even close to what a data architect would do. Payroll cycle is bi-weekly, rather than semi-monthly, so that income is out of sync with monthly expenses, and paychecks are 8% smaller, with catch-up only in two months.

They do not care for their employees; since the IPO in 2006, they have continually stripped us of our overall benefits. The health insurance is lousy coverage with high deductibles, so you are paying more and seeing less in your pocket even though the salaries are good. The 401K match has decreased from 6% to 4.5%. They have stripped senior employees (10+ years) of leave benefits to make things more equal among the newly acquired Engility employees. Starting in 2019, senior employees have had 4 days of vacation taken away, so you can only ever max out at 4 weeks of vacation per year. Overhead events, like holiday parties and summer picnics, now take place during the workweek (or not at all) during working hours. Training and certifications, once something that SAIC invested in, is something they no longer invest in. Hostile work environments are pretty commonplace and includes such things sexual harassment, career sabotage, and retaliation. Definitely a "good old boys club" in management; if you go to HR, you won't be outright fired but it'll get worse until you quit your job.