Alright for entry level - Associate Engineer Leidos Employee Review

2.0
Aug 1, 2016
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Pros

It's a stable job, very flexible with your schedule( you can take a day of as long as you meet the 40 hrs of the week). It has a professional Corporate environment and paid tuition up to 5500 a year.

Cons

The business plan of the company is to hire entry level engineers over experienced engineers in order to charge the customer the engineer rate and at the same time keep its costs down. Because of this , raises are very low, we are replaceable so management does not encourage growth. The managers don't have management experience and there's no sense of seniority or mentorship. Company pays very low compared to other companies similar to Leidos. However it is a good company to get entry level experience and go find something else after 2-5 years. I wouldn't recommend it to stay if you want to make a career out of it. Low level management discourages any sort of contact with higher management. Power distribution and transmission is very boring and can get very monotonous. Management doesn't share information about possible bonuses, instead they keep it to themselves so that management gets a higher %.

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Ability to work from home

Cons

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3.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Leidos provides opportunities to work on complex government programs with meaningful technical challenges. Depending on the contract and team, there can be exposure to cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, systems engineering, networking, and mission-focused work that is difficult to find elsewhere. The company also has a large footprint, so there may be internal opportunities for people who are able to navigate the organization.

Cons

My experience was that the quality of management varied significantly by program. Communication around expectations, roles, and priorities was often inconsistent, and decisions that affected employees were not always explained clearly or handled in a transparent way. Work-life balance also depended heavily on local management. Flexibility that existed in practice could be changed quickly, and employees were sometimes left trying to reconcile changing expectations with existing workloads and personal obligations. In my view, the company would benefit from stronger oversight of program-level management decisions, especially where employee responsibilities, workplace flexibility, and performance feedback are concerned. I also found that technical decision-making was sometimes driven more by schedule pressure than by sound engineering judgment. On complex government programs, that can create unnecessary risk and frustration for employees who are trying to do things correctly.

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