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This is literally the worst job I've ever had. Management regularly breaks the law to screw you out of government mandated benefits and since they're such a huge federal contractor, the Department of Labor will not put in the effort to enforce the law for fear of having to find a new provider for all the services this company puts out. You will regularly be asked to put in absurd amounts of effort on meaningless paperwork that the contract does not require and which interferes with your ability to do your job. Your coworkers will be the worst part of the job. Office politics doesn't even begin to describe it. Despite their position as welfare queens sucking on the government tit at a do-nothing contracting job, your day will be full of coworkers' political griping about their taxes going to welfare programs because management has zero control of their workers/office environment, even after sending out dozens of emails per day about other trivial nonsense. The head honchos cultivate an adversarial relationship between employees and it was not uncommon to see an employee sending out snapchats or browsing the internet with one hand while typing up an email about someone else's on-the-job behavior with another. You have zero job security since the managers in charge of securing contracts are simply terrible at their jobs and will take any opportunity they can to blame Washington politics for their failure to secure no-bid followups to their contracts. Layoffs are not based on QA scores, rather, they are based on who the manager likes/dislikes. Additionally, if you work here and take FMLA, expect to lose your job within a month of returning, as that's what happened to at least 3 employees while I was there.  

It was like High School: The Job. To put it bluntly, if this place was on fire, I wouldn't unzip my pants to relieve myself on it to put it out. Your soul's worth more than $14 an hour. If these people call you, hang up immediately...even minimum wage Wal-mart is a better job. When I finally got out, it was like the end of a horror movie where the protagonist heaves a sigh of relief that it's finally over and walks into the sunset.

*The original draft of this comment contained significantly more profanity but indeed.com forced me to edit it. Mentally insert liberal use of F-bombs to get the full effect.

Alutiiq was decent because it paid well (as do most Gov't contractor jobs) for an incredibly easy job.  However, the corporate management often made decisions that had huge negative impacts on the workers and they did not really consult with them or consider how it affected people.  They would do whatever they could to pinch every penny no matter what.  For example, we had a porto-potty at one site for quite a long time until someone realized they could save a few bucks by removing it.  They was no consideration as to how the workers would use the bathroom.  We ended up having to drive 10 minutes (one way) to a nearby convenience store and make a purchase so we could use the toilet.  Alutiiq probably lost more productivity in manpower with everyone driving to the store all the time than if they had spent the few extra bucks on the comfortability of their employees.

Corporate management was often absent.  Employees engaged in all sorts of unauthorized activity. When the cats away the mice come out to play!

I Learned alot working for this company it really help me out alot later on in the future. For example I learned how to use scanners there where alot of buttons order for me to work there I would have to know what each button is for. I also learn how to drive the forklift which is another thing thats gonna help me out in the future it look hard at first but I had good teacher so everything turn out fine. My co-workers are good workers they was there when ever we needed each other with something far as helping count the material,lifting the material etc. The hardest part about this job is working at night I really didnt like working at night it seem like working on night shift it the day would go so slow but after a while of joking and chattin helps out alot it maid the day go by.The most enjoyable part of the job was the pay and working around nice people and knowing that I have a stable job to go to everyday.

I work outside of the USA.  I enjoy the work and have been very happy doing it, but there is little or no support for health insurance.  Only a couple of hospitals take the insurance and I have to pay completely upfront and then claim it through Cigna.  It takes several months and then they typically reject everything.  There is no handbook that tells me what I need to do to get reimbursed and then when I figure it out, they just reject the claim without giving any rational reason.

If you need health insurance, look at purchasing your own.  Cigna doesn't pay and Alutiiq doesn't support you in trying to get reimbursed.

Alutiiq only provide a 401K match to low income earners and when overseas the housing allowance and other allowances are considered taxable income which I have never had with another company.

Very productive as well as a clean, safe and fun place to work. Employers as well as employees were one big happy family.  This made coming to work a pleasure to do everyday. I come in to work and start my job. Co workers assist each other if needed and we run the ship accordingly. I took my breaks and began my tasks again until my day was over. We worked hard even though it was a relaxed environnment. I always completed my work on or before my deadlines. The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing my work come together to be sent out in a timely manner.

My time with AASS has been great.  I would recommend anyone to work here.  The management is great and willing to help wherever they can.  My co-workers are great, I have thirteen guards under my command and everyone of them are great to work with.  My day is making sure that my guards have everything they need to do their job correctly and efficiently.  The most enjoyable part of my job is the interaction with the people at AASS and how well they all work together to complete the basic mission we all have assigned to us.

This is company run by senior management that only worries about their own bonus structure.  We have seen a serious decrease in our health benefits, increase of personal cost to health benefits, reduction in a cell stipend, and a decrease in PTO.  There are no employee ratings and no incentives for performance.   Additionally management
has stated they do not believe in performance oriented salary increases.  Does not matter if you work 60 hrs a week and take on all kinds of extra responsibility or take on one project and work 30 hrs a week, everyone is still going to be compensated the same.

Pros:

Alutiiq is a good place to work if you need a job. The people around me were nice, friendly and easy to get along with. I was always busy and had plenty of work to do. 

Cons:

The IT Department lacks in communication skills. They never hold meetings and discuss future endeavors or share important information with the whole team. Management usually talks amongst themselves and we end up finding out later when something is due or it's too late. They also push updates and patches to users machines without warning which in turn causes company work sites or programs to not function properly and this wastes company time and money.

They did not offer full-time employment so I received no benefits.  I felt the pay WAS NOT adequate at all for my experience and skills and the workload required of me, the pay should have been higher. The atmosphere was "catty" with all of the other employees.  They were immature to new employees, talking behind my back, etc. at first but later warmed to me...  
The department boss (not mine, he was nice) was snooty and I felt she undermined me/tripped me up on purpose.  I felt like she "picked on me" for no apparent reason!  I later quit.

My typical day at work consists of checking badges of construction workers at the entry control point of the construction site. I learned in depth knowledge about the security field. Management was always on top of their game. They made sure you had everything you needed. All of my co-workers were great and knew their job/responsibilities very well. The hardest part of my job was not knowing if/when the contract was going to end. The most enjoyable part of my job was working with a government agency and seeing their day to day operations.

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