Generally great to work for, but demands from contract customers can change that quickly. - Systems Administrator SAIC Employee Review

4.0
19 Jul 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, salary, flexible schedules, and lots of promoting from within.

Cons

Sometimes unreasonable demands from contract customers, and occasionally those demands leave low-level employees in the cross-hairs, rather than a line of management absorbing the blast. Recent changes to separation packages and retention pay during the end of a contract have resulted in employees leaving sooner instead of staying to the end.

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5.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
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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 Jun 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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