I now work for yet another defense contractor. Only this one is smaller than the past 2. I always said I'd never do this once I got out of the CG but now I did in '04 and it has been an interesting experience. The volatility of your job is so high and the changeover of hands from contract to contract and business to business is constant. Company one bought by company 2 so we all stayed and kept our jobs and the contract went untouched. Then company 2 which was confident that they were positioned very well to maintain this contract for an extended period seemed to have missed some details and lost the contract at renewal time. Funny thing is winning a contract does not make you the adequate company for the job. Company 3 so far seems to have bit off more than it can chew, only time will tell but so far it's an administrative mess. Loads of confusion, no communication and our faith as employees is dwindling. There have been a few to walk away from this and we are only 2 months in... This is all transparent to the customer however, because we all make it so, so as to not show the unprofessionalism of the company we all now work for.
Well, we'll see where it takes us...over 100million$ and this is what we get as taxpayers...
