Does not care about their employees, management is crooked. Unqualified people promoted. No trust in management - Anonymous employee Leidos Employee Review

1.0
2 Mar 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They pay well and that is the ONLY reason people stay.

Cons

Company is not fair to its employees, terminate and lay people off to to protect high paid management. People are given promotions if they are willing to sell people out, kiss up to management and not have a mind of their own. I have worked here 5 years and the Tucson office is deteriorating. They just posted 20+ new jobs. The manager of this department does not know enough to assist new employees. You will be stuck in a cube with little to no training.

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Great culture, supportive management, encouragement for self development

Cons

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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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