Bad pay and heavily metric-based - Investigator Peraton Employee Review

2.0
28 Oct 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Get to meet people from all walks of life Work from home (all investigators always work from home) Opportunity to work several contracts that are exclusive to Peraton Increase in levels is actually decent jumps in pay, but can be difficult to obtain if you're not in a high production area working multiple contracts.

Cons

Poor pay for a national security position. The base pay for investigators is 17.50 per hour, and if you work in a metro area with a lot of work, you get 4 dollars more, but when it comes to OT, OT is paid at time and a half of 17.50 per hour, not 21.50 per hour. TBD for benefits since Peraton acquired As you get further along, it becomes impossible to do work in a 40 hour work week and keep up with metrics Management also has metrics and are extremely pushy. Management is usually not much higher on the totem pole and doesn't have the ability or willingness to make progressive change to fundamentals. Refiles, no matter if they are incorrect, are counted against you and investigators are the low end of the totem pole in the company and have no say on improvement Changes were made to gatekeep the help team from investigators and reviewers alike

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My experience with Peraton’s hiring process was deeply disappointing and, unfortunately, reflected very poor communication practices. I received an offer in October for a position supporting a newly awarded FAA contract supporting their new Air Traffic Control System and was initially told that I would receive a start date in December. When December arrived, I was informed that the timeline had shifted to January. This same message continued each month, with repeated assurances that the position was still moving forward and that I simply needed to remain patient. Over the course of nearly six months, I completed all requested pre-employment steps, including the background check, and made multiple attempts to obtain meaningful updates through email. Most of those requests were met with little to no response, and the limited communication I did receive provided no real clarity beyond another delayed timeline. After being consistently led to believe the role was still active, I was ultimately contacted and informed that my offer had been rescinded due to changing business needs. While I understand that contracts and staffing requirements can change, waiting six months with minimal transparency only to have the offer withdrawn is unacceptable and demonstrates a lack of respect for candidates’ time and career planning. I was very excited about this next phase of my career, as well as the opportunity to support this new contract. But after this ordeal, I quite frankly do not recommend anyone to seek employment here.

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