1.0
26 Aug 2025
Current employee, more than 10 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Still has the right mission
Cons
Middle management is still protecting their friends. Long time directors, division chief engineers, and highly tenured program owners are still covering based on friendships and political alliances. Newer "outsiders" that are not FFRDC "native" and raised in the revenue-centric model are still ego-driven and not truly mission and people-centered in their outlook. Layoffs on paper are based on coverage. In reality, good people are getting kicked to the curb while "friends" get coverage because they are in the right department or have the right alliances.