Great company that cares - Systems Engineer Case Consulting Employee Review

Great benefits, including large 401k and good PTO Personable administration give individual attention to needs

Administration is often reluctant to handle raises

401k Contribution (15% of base salary) Decent health insurance (although they do seem to go after the lower end providers) Cost of living raises are mostly in line with what to expect in the industry (keeping up with inflation somewhat)

I want this review to be transparent to prospective employees. This company was bought by a private equity firm in the defense contracting space, back around 2021~2022. So what that entails is very aggressive growth, in an attempt to increase value very quickly, to either sell it off to a larger private equity firm or to a larger defense contractor (Booze Allen, CACI, etc.). I was an employee of a small company that got bought about by the private equity firm that now owns Case Consulting. Over the years, changes were introduced that did not necessarily benefit the rank and file employee, but instead benefited the private equity firm. As an example, the 401k contribution was decreased slightly after the purchase by the PE firm, a yearly holiday bonus that was given to employees with no strings attached suddenly went away initially, only to be brought back after several employees complained to management, but was reduced to < $2,000 per year, and was only awarded if a 1,860 hour threshold was met for hours billed to a given contract. If you did not hit that threshold, no bonus at all. They also went from a bi-weekly payroll to single payroll on the 5th business day of the month (which for people that are coming from more traditional companies, that can be a bit of a surprise). That payroll decision was done to allow for the equity firm to optimize cash flow by earning more interest on payroll during a given period. Another note to mention is that this company has not grown organically via standard hiring. They have, year over year, purchased similar sized small businesses in the IC contracting space and grown that way, similar to Google or Apple purchasing start ups. This overall company went from a very small, employee first business to a very corporate heavy equity backed company that is optimizing shareholder value over all else. The owners of the companies that get bought out get a board seat with some passive income, while the employees might see some fringe benefits disappear as their small company with low overhead now has to report to a PE firm that expects a return on their investment. Long-term, it just seems like more and more decisions will be made to optimize the value of the company and the board members compensation over the care of the employees who help make the company what it is.