Good pay, Terrible project management for contracts - CAD Drafter SAIC Employee Review

4.0
30 May 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company values, good pay, bonuses for hard workers, 2 weeks vacation a year, lots of overtime in the first year of the contract

Cons

No company 401k matching for non-manager contract employees, mandatory 12 hour days in the beginning of the contract, communication not good among different groups within a project, project standards not established in the beginning of project, my project went through 4 different project managers within the first 2 years of the project.

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5.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Love the contract -People are great to work with -Very flexible with times -If had a very long day, can lessen time to work less later in week

Cons

-Sometimes you gotta work a long freaking day -Have to be ready to get called to go to base at like 1 am

2.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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