Alion Science and Technology Employer Reviews

They will throw you under the bus the first chance they get. They hire through contractors, and do not bring people into the company. They use accounting and management tricks to keep people on a contract basis instead of actually hiring them. Do not join Alion unless you are actually hired through their company unless you want to stay a temporary employee. – more... This makes it easier to fire you when management messes up and then wants to get rid of somebody. No loyalty to their employees. Say they have training set up for employees, but make it almost impossible to actually get training, since they squeeze every penny. Worried more about the bottom line than actually doing the work they are supposed to do. – less

Good compensation, good culture, wise and caring management.

Working with Navy Civilians was very difficult.
Learned alot about Program Management.
Co-workers were great with alot of knowledge.
Hardest part of the job was trying to please the Navy Civilians.
Most enjoyable part of the job was working together with our engineering team.

no complaints about Alion Science. My position requires travel to Afghanistan and now I am unable to deploy

I was an instructor for their laser systems that they were teaching the US Navy. Everyday was different, I traveled 90% of the time in and out of the United States. One of the most enjoyable part of the job, was knowing that I was teaching the young men and women of the US Navy/USMC how to stay safe in harms way. One of the hardest part of the job, – more... was because we worked with weapons, if one was unsafe...I had to remove them from the classes and this would affect their careers down the road. – less

Entirely desk work, most days are spent writing reports or doing calculations from CAD models or CFD results. The work comradery is what drives the office. The project managers are on either extreme, very good or completely negligent. The most difficult part of the job is trying to make deadlines with a negligent manager while still adhering to all – more... the quality assurance procedures. While creating CAD models is enjoyable, colleagues are very entertaining and the office environment is very laid back. – less

Finance is on a monthly calendar cycle but there are a lot of ad hoc jobs to do on a daily or weekly basis. I have learned how to manage my time extremely well and how to juggle a lot of projects or deliverables at once and how to prioritize them. I have learned how to present my financial data in a way that senior management can understand and appreciate. – more... I work very closely with my boss and have learned a lot from her as a manager and as someone who analyzes financial data. We have a finance team that I work closely with, as a leader in training and analysis.
I think the most important thing I have learned at my current job is how to be accountable. – less

I believe if I had not decided to move back to Massachusetts I would still be working there.

I worked there for nearly two years, and suffered discrimination and harassment by a new manager after being at the company for over a year. When I brought the issue up with senior management and HR, I was met with a warning and told to never complain again "or else". I had perfect performance reviews before this. The management would sit around and – more... balance their checkbooks and watch TV all day, with no idea what the worker bees did. I often worked over 130 hours in an 80 hour pay period, and was never compensated for it. Sometimes, I was even asked to lie about the time on my timecard. Furthermore, there was no potential for career or salary growth, unless you want to move into management. I will not be surprised if I see Alion get in serious trouble for illegal behavior and ethics violations. – less

Small but outstanding company with very dedicated personnel.

Alion is an excellent company to work for. This is the first company that I've worked for that gave performance bonuses for doing quality work. On top of that, the pay is outstanding! The hardest part is that we are so spread out, it makes it difficult to communicate sometimes. The best part is that I get to have so much creative control over my projects.

Great mid-level defense contracting company. Has great opportunities for employees to advance their careers.

This is a conglomerate which uses and abuses all the 'troops' below the upper management. They milk the cash cows with no investment. Their management is horrible at communication. They have no real people principles. Lots of lip service.

Mission Oriented Day work
Both Tactical and Enterprise Information Systems
Excellent Mgt
Great Co-workers

Good work environment. Very good at government contract work, should not try commercial work within Alion. The infrastructure is not there for commercial work.

Days varied based of project needs. Provide excellent customer service to the Navy ship design team. Business development, and consulting with various government contractors.

Great working environment.

Professional team-spirited environment. Cutting edge technology. Enjoy coming to work. Different challenges each and every day.

Very well-run organization. Mostly government contracts with offices all over the world.

This company does a lot of computer work for the defense industry.