Confused management, lack of direction, program performance impeded by management infighting and power struggles - Senior Business Process Consultant SAIC Employee Review

1.0
21 Oct 2011
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Pros

For the DC area, the mass transit reimbursement program.

Cons

Terrible communication and coordination between SAIC teams within programs. They promise the moon in proposals with no ability to deliver (I have seen this both as an employee at SAIC and in working with SAIC in other enterprise environments). They frontload staff on contract startup with little coordination on program responsibilities or job duties, causing duplication in effort, employee confusion and customer confusion (again, I have seen this twice on two major programs).

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5.0
21 May 2026
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Pros

I loved working at SAIC! It was truly a great place to work and fostered an environment where I could grow as a professional.

Cons

No cons! Pay was great, benefits were standard, people are awesome.

2.0
30 June 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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