Good benefits - Systems Engineer SAIC Employee Review

3.0
Apr 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Large stable company, great HR department, responsive, professional.

Cons

Contracts can be shaky things. When the contract you are working on ends, you and sometimes hundreds of others have to "apply" for other positions in the company local or far--with no guarantee you will land a spot. This gives you a sense of instability. And, in spite of working -- for perhaps years, there is NO severance pay, even though it clearly specifies the conditions for severance pay on the website. All you receive is any vacation owing. I confirmed this with HR. That is a shocker.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Exciting work load that is consistently evolving.

Cons

work hour flexibility is limited to a two week period.

2.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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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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