A Great DOD Contractor Company with Good Benefits - Software Engineer SAIC Employee Review

5.0
Aug 13, 2023
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Pros

The benefits where as good as most or better. They really try and help their employees when they can with flexible time off and even encourage training for a career change if desired. The believe in their employees and try to hire talented people.

Cons

Most work is based off the contracts they have with the client (usually DOD in my experience). If the contract dissapears, then the work does too.

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