SCIS management stated that the DCSA layoffs were only in historically low workload areas and less than 5% of the total work force. I also see that they continue to hire, but assume this is related to them expanding into other contracts.
Sounds like a repeat of the USIS Demise. The information rendered in this article has been verified by present CACI Invâs. Add on the GDIT OPM layoffs and you have to wonder where this industry is going! An upper manager told me that the new âcontinuous 90 day Metric Reviewâ that DoD has implemented is severely constraining the Background Investigators not knowing where they or the Company they work for will be in 90 days.
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Iâll be glad when this whole thing is over. Florida did approve (finally) unemployment at a substantial decrease. Applying for work left and right
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Another smooth move by CACI. They have habitutal in changing the metrics for employee bonuses in the last month of the quarter screwing Invâs out of their bonuses. Last month they again waited till the last week before bonuses were going to be paid and said âyou ainât getting ANY bonus!â
Yeah all of this is eerily familiar
I see a lot of the old âthese people that came over from another company are the problemâ posts on here. That is entirely oversimplistic and it happens during every transition. It happened when USIS went out of business and itâs happening with GDIT now. As an experienced investigator, I can say with confidence that raking on USIS investigators was not the problem. Most of these investigators were good employees that could be more easily integrated into other companies than new hires could be. Now there were definitely some questionable hiring choices for some of the higher management positions, which led to bad policies being implemented. Now if the current riff-raff you are referring to are the ISN contractors that came over then you guys are entirely off base. ISN built up a culture of experienced investigators from other companies who were known to be good performers, not riff-raff. I have experience working with several other contractor companies and the culture at ISN should be the industry standard. ISN was also outperforming GDIT, prior to the expiration of their contract.
Now, I can say this, CSRA/GDIT did hire a lot of new investigators and their training program was not on the level of Perspecta/CACI based on my experience. This didnât matter for most of the ISN people, because most of us had at least a half decade of experience. That being said, no investigator is very good following the completion of training, because so much of this job is learned on-the-go. Just knowing the IHB and TIG by themselves isnât going to get you very far. Each contractor has its own nuances based best practice on clarifications received from OPM/NBIB. The work performed is not standardized. Some of the riff-raff perception may just be investigators adjusting to CACI standards, which are sometimes different than general NBIB standards (each contractor adds some nuances in their contract). For instance, CACI implements a lot of reporting standards that are not required by NBIB/OPM, so an NBIB compliant report might not actually meet CACI standards. CACIâs policy on the use of headers is just one example of this.
I think what you are actually seeing is the result of an industry-wide problem of rushing training to resolve backlog and an over-hiring of investigators. The industry was due for correction. The timing of the DCSA transition has just further complicated this as we arenât certain what the future workload will have in store for us.
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WellâŚI guess CACI is still on the contract.
Did CACI have their meeting and the subsequent call?
They said meeting was yesterday during the All Hands was today. Said they were #1. Beyond that, only time will tell, as far as I can see.
So CACI is 1 and SCIS said they moved up also. Perspecta bringing up the rear now?
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I have no idea what went on at CACI PMR but have a hard time believing theyâre #1.
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They are back to #1.
What I found with vendors is that they cherry pick the ratings. Instead of saying we are overall number whatever, they will say we are #1 in timeliness and quality (etc), not revealing the overall ranking. When itâs said quickly and confidently, people hear it as the overall ranking number and defend it. SCIS said they moved up in ranking for âworkload schedulings,â you can read that anyway youâd like.
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This number 1 ranking is really to drive costs down for the contract. As the vendors fight for #1, they keep cutting costs. That is why a lot are going to IC route.
No supplies (printers/paper etc)
No mileage
No health insurance
No overtime
IC can work till their fingers bleed getting work down quickly to make more money (helps the vendor)
So while costs go down, the bigwigs can keep getting a generous salary while they push all employees to the IC route.
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I think CACI and SCIS trumped Perspecta on pricing which bumped them up. CACI will receive first priority on scheduling on Mondayâs and Thursdays. Scheduling is still based on timeliness so they will receive what their daily output is historically. DCSA is revamping the ranking to give all Vendors a fair shake. DCSA reported they are current on cases. The backlog exists at the agencies that, for the most part, still havenât started submitting new cases because of the budget and no CR signed yet. The Industry will trim down but all the Vendors will get a piece, at least till Contract renewal comesâŚ
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Did Perspecta and SCIS ever hear the results of their PMRâs? With the new scheduling, it seems like every company gets to be ranked â#1â once every 3 days. I heard Perspecta was told they were #1, SCIS had âmoved up in ratings,â and CACI was told they are #1 overall. It seems like each contract company has spun this information to their advantage. Just curiousâŚ
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It seems like DCSA is playing all the step children against each other. This business has become highly unstable time to make career changes so Iâm #1.
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So itâs WednesdayâŚdid CACI receive work yesterday?
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SCIS was supposed to get work this week (mid week) today. Whether or not that work is significant enough to have a work offer as an IC remains to be seen. Iâm assuming it will take weeks or months of consistent work assignments to see any work trickled down to the independent contractors as all of the work will go to the hourlies. Iâm not expecting anything significant or noteworthy to happen with work offers or an increased workload.
Its society today. Everyone gets a trophy!
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