Pros
- Great Leadership - Team comradeship, team members will go out of there way to provide guidance if needed - Great internal resources, Leidos provides a solid repository for employees to research and resolve questions. If you have an issue, conduct due dillegence, and present your findings before approaching leadership. It will go a long way! - Company perks, Leidos will offer many perks, outings, BBQs, Community events, so forth. Take advantage of these events! - Benefits, not necessarily the best in the federal contracting world but they are certainly competitive - Work Life Balance, If you show you are can manage your taskings - Leidos will allow you to work on FLEX time and WFH -New Work; since Leidos acquired a segment of LM; Leidos has won various awards to open up new opportunites
Cons
- Salary: Leidos is not as competitive as other federal contractors and negotiation in salary is hard to facilitate. -Promotion: Leidos is hard set on promoting individuals regardless of your accomplishments. It is an antiquated system that only looks at years in service. This may be case by case basis but it has led to a lot of turn over in my years within the organization Turnover: Similar to the above, Leidos has a lot of turnover as young adults/ early career professionals are in need of higher salary to afford the cost of living in there areas. Look at where major Leidos facilities are, most are in major cities & I strognly advise you research your options. Leidos has a hard time being competitive by offering appropriate salaries. They tend to rake in there profits on federal contracts and offset their employee base. If you were to make $75K in salary the contract you support may allow $90K but Leidos will keep the profit. In any case a lot of their employees are indirect so those profits get offset into indirect profit pools. Keep that in mind. - Age: To the young professionals out there, Leidos tends to higher a lot of young people however beware; Most leave because they find better opportunities with better pay. A lot of the workforce despite what you may hear are older professionals with lots of experience. There are pros and cons however be weary. Management: Leidos management is spectacular however, not many things can shift unless you are respected by your peers. Line level management has no issues, senior management should rid their antiquated ways of conducting top-level , bottom-down style of implementing strategy. Keep in mind that senior management don't do a lot of the workforce related tasks. They make it seem that what they are doing has huge impact on the workforce and growing the company but it does not. Leidos only grew exponentially because of the merge with LM. There was a lot of turnover during that period and management did not take to a successful LM business group and their ideas. In any case, Line Level management is great within Leidos. Trust your direct managers. They are your tool and WILL help you grow. They make the company.