On average, employees in Kent, WA at SAIC give their company a 2.2 rating out of 5.0 based on 3, whereas overall Average Rating of SAIC is 3.9 out of 5.0 based on 304 SAIC Review Ratings. The happiest SAIC employees in Kent, WA are Senior Software Engineers submitting an average rating of 3.6 and Principal Signals Engineers with a rating of 2.5.
"Don't buy in to the feel good ethical company pitch."
What do you like about working at SAIC?
"Interesting projects that could make a difference if the company cared."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"They are a for-profit company and like any big corporation will do what they need to in order to get there and get top executives fat bonuses. The people on the front lines who make it happen are plu- replaceable robots as far as upper management is concerned"
What don't you like about working at SAIC?
"Hypocrisy. Management postures all the time about ethics but put extreme pressure on technical staff and their managers to pad billable hours on government projects. Meanwhile, company efficiency and profitability sucked away by layers of non-productive corporate types who mainly get in the way."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Funny how it being an employee owned company was such a big deal until the company founders started reaching retirement age. The being a public company became a big deal and all the stock sold to employees turned out to have been wildly over-priced."
What do you like about working at SAIC?
"Working with great people to solve difficult and challenging problems."
What don't you like about working at SAIC?
"Management outside of our division had no long term vision of where to go. Company did not know how to handle groups that produced products (hardware & software)."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Step out, take risks, have a vision of where you want to go."
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