Comments on: SAIC Expected to Announce Headquarters Shift From San Diego to Northern Virginia

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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:02:15 +0000

[...] SAIC Expected to Announce Headquarters Shift From San Diego to Northern Virginia (xconomy.com) [...]

By: Jb

Jb — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:24:31 +0000

DC is hot, hot, hot. California is cold, cold, cold.

I’d venture to guess many SAIC employees are in foreclosure. Good time to move out and start over in a place with better future.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:40:17 +0000

Sounds like a pretty big blow to an already battered San Diego Economy.

By: J. Tyler Ballance

J. Tyler Ballance — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:53:16 +0000

Northern Virginia versus San Diego? No contest!

NOVA is already over-crowded and the quality of life is suffering. If I was on SAIC’s team in San Diego, there would be no way in HELL that I would move back to Virginia.

By the way, that is where I am now and it sucks!

The only cool thing about Virginia is its deep historical roots which make it a great place to visit, but for living a good life, give me San Diego, or any part of the California coast.

By the way, if you don’t mind moving back East, if you can get hired by SAICs California office, you will start out with at least twenty thousand more for entry level employees, than if you had moved to Virginia and were hired by the Virginia office. In Northern Virginia, SAIC already has staff who were hired in Cal working right across from Virginia hires, doing the same work, but the Cal people are getting, on average 20K more per year than the schmucks hired in Virginia.