Overworked and Underpaid - Government Contractor Leidos Employee Review

2.0
Oct 2, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Fun team that could be miserable together and bond over it You can get experience doing 9 different jobs for your resume Career opportunities are there, but depending on your program, management will always want to hire a non-Leidos contractor instead of promote from within.

Cons

When one person on the team leaves, is laid off, or out on medical leave, they don't back-fill that position and expect the remaining teammates to pick up the slack without any increase in pay. Employees expected to work unpaid overtime (actually told it's against company policy to pay employees for working overtime) Gender pay gap is strong here; men make up to 20% more for doing the same job (or a level lower) as their women coworkers Benefits received depend on your team: Some programs do not allow their employees to work from home, despite Leidos corporate having a policy that allows for WFH. That means some Leidos employees get benefits that others do not. Health benefits are pretty awful and PTO is capped at 20 days Management is unaware of the actual hard workers; every bonus that went out on the program went to someone who didn't actually do their job--someone else did it for them and made them look good.

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Pros

Ability to work from home

Cons

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Employed barely company is going under

Cons

Leadership have ruined this company. It is currently selling as much property as they can. Letting people go but currently still hiring be very careful taking a position here. It may that them a few years to rebound from this loss of all contracts. That should let you know the company is doing pretty bad.

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