Worried About Having Work and Direction of Company - Anonymous employee Leidos Employee Review

2.0
Jan 28, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Depending on who you suppoprt and work for: flexible work schedule and some telecommuting opportunities, good pay, not micro managed, good fellow employees who care about the product and services we provide to our customers. If looking for a job, these are the reasons I am recommending this company.

Cons

Have not been able to get any type of training to expand capabilities or to be able to move into a different field within the company in well over 5 years - so this is a job not a career. No communication from our Division mgmt since the split - maybe because we are a satellite office (still no excuse). My manager doesn't communicate anything that's going on with our clients and what fellow teammates are working on (no drive to help each other/expand work for the team/offer new things to clients, etc.) - the good thing is we are not micro-managed. The company is discouraging long-term, dedicated employees from remaining by not allowing us to earn any comp leave once we reach our cap level (we lose it by not even earning it) - must use the leave throughout the pay period to retain earning capability. By not getting training, it's very difficult to move to a different position when your contract work is low or is done. The company direction seems to be lost. There was a lost of pride in the company when we were employee owned - now, not so much - especially with the new name that was selected for us. It seems like the company is on a slippery slope and hopefully, it will find a way to get some sure footing to make ourselves relevant to customers and to bring pride and satisfaction back to employees.

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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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