SAIC reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(4,899 total reviews)

Jim Reagan

59% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

SAIC has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,899 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Apr 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

SAIC has managed to get some interesting work ranging from the Space program to C4ISR work in Iraq/Afghanistan. Managers do not micro manage and leave the employees alone to work with the customer. Compared to most of the defense contractors I have worked for, overall I would rate SAIC superior to Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics in terms of a company to work for.

Cons

Benefits keep disappearing, employee stock purchase at a discount disappeared last year. Salary started off great, then pay raise starts to dwindle. Tuition benefits also disappeared. After a while on a new contract, there is pressure to work uncompensated hours.

3.0
Apr 19, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits were good when I joined SAIC however as years go by we're getting less and less. Salary is excellent but beware (see downsides). Location, location, location - San Diego, CA. How can you go wrong? Get to work on some pretty cool, cutting edge programs

Cons

Lack of teamwork and sharing of information. As a female, I've seen some instances of the good 'ole boy mentality. Lack of professional development opportunities unless you are one of "the chosen ones". Although the salary is excellent one has to be careful because the company operates on "time sold" metric. Time-sold is basically the hours you can bill to a direct contract. If you are working on a program, such as an internal research and development or general overhead, they are indirect so it doesn't bode well for your time sold statistic therefore you may get pressure get your time-sold up. This may mean that you will have to work on your own time, uncompensated, on the indirect program so you can bill a direct charge program. Another potential issue with the excellent salary is that all program managers have access to that information so they know what you make. This helps them for budgeting however it could hinder you because they might choose a lower paid person to do a job you could do just as well or even better. To get work you do have to fend for yourself in some divisions while others, management helps to make sure you have work.

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