Solid company that has helped grow my career - Anonymous employee Leidos Employee Review

4.0
Apr 8, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I am blessed to be a part of an incredible team. We are a team in the true sense of the word. I feel my manager and my manager's manager truly care about me and my career goals and do their best to expand and grow my skills. I feel very cared for. While there has been a great deal of change during the 10 years I have been with Leidos, I would not want to work for anyone else. Great compensation. Terrific work/life balance. Very focused on ethics.

Cons

As mentioned above, there has been quite a bit of change at Leidos over the years (new CEO's, splitting of SAIC into two companies). That has created a feeling of instability at times, and there has been some frustration over changing benefits and streamlining of processes. This is probably fairly normal, as all companies must go through changes, but I get the feeling many employees are stressed and morale is lower than it should be.

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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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