A company that works for the quarterly report, and not much else. - Digital Communications Specialist Leidos Employee Review

3.0
27 Jun 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great colleagues, at least in my division (corporate side, not contract side), who work hard, and do a great job making the company look good. Flexible schedule and working remotely allowed for most of my colleagues.

Cons

The company, from the split to the day I left, seems to be a bit rudderless. Management seems to think that they can cut their way to prosperity, as corporate divisions were essentially skeleton crews. Their focus on the quarterly report, and cutting costs to raise the share price by a few cents is "penny-wise and pound-foolish" as the saying goes. Rather than invest in the employees to get long-term growth and prosperity, management is desperate to please fickle Wall Street. The short-term outlook is what's slowly killing the company, IMO. Closer to my everyday work environment, my team lost its ability to work set days from home, which we had before the split, and was put on a particular schedule.This was my supervisor's attempt to please senior leadership who, from all my observations and experience, do not give a crap about the peons that do not report directly to them. The 50% longer commute when the division moved from McLean to Reston was not at all welcome. Aside from our immediate supervisors, I don't think others within, or responsible for, our group, really know what it is we each do, and therefore our worth to the division and the company. Otherwise, my assignment after the split would not have been such a huge under-utilization of my skill set.

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6% 401K Match and 10% Discount for Employee Stock Purchase Program

Cons

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3.0
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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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