Poor-Leidos does not meet my expectations. - Anonymous employee Leidos Employee Review

2.0
Nov 25, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work location and the option to telework.

Cons

Management- the managers seem to know little to nothing about the job tasks that are handed down from the client. The managers at Leidos are not properly trained, and “are faking it, until they make it!” It is sad to have to work under managers that do not know their job responsibilities. They are ineffective in leading and guiding their employees. Most of the time, I am directed to someone else to answer questions that my manager should clearly know. There is also a ton of micromanagement. When deadlines are given, there is immense pressure to meet those deadlines, with limited amount of instruction, usually it ends with multiple people being consulted on how to get the job done and the manager micromanaging the whole effort.

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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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