Paralegal - decent first job out of college, but not worth sticking around for too long - Paralegal CACI International Employee Review

3.0
8 May 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay for a recent grad and as an entry level employee (specially one that's contracted to the DOJ) you definitely gain good experience in the legal field.

Cons

There's no movement up/promotions available, which means no matter what or how long you stay, you are stuck with the same salary. The only bonus they offer is a small holiday bonus and there are no sick days. You get a decent # of vacation days (10 total), however, you have to accrue the vacation time - aka, every pay period you get ~4 hours of vacation time and you cannot use any vacation time before you acrue it. i.e. If you want to take off two days for vacation, but only have one day's worth of vacation time accrued, you cannot use the time you're expecting to acrue next month towards the aforementioned vacation- only the time you have thus far. Rarely interact with you CACI supervisor - they often have too many people to oversee to actually keep in touch on a somewhat regular basis and therefore become quite obsolete. For DOJ contractors, there is no flexibility in working from home - no matter what they will not pay you for it bc it's not included in their contact with the government. Also high turn over rate bc of the pay and vacation/sick days limitations.

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5.0
18 Jun 2026
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Pros

Work life balance, fully remote

Cons

Leadership very inexperienced and raw

4.0
2 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The "unlimited" FTO is the leader of the pros. Then the leadership has been mostly great and accommodating in allowing you to take time off. There are also plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. There is also the work. Its is very interesting work for specific customers and seeing your part get implemented into a larger project has been rewarding. The team is also great. Everyone is friendly and genuinely cares.

Cons

The big Con like many project oriented Gov contractors is that "everything" becomes priority and it can be difficult to stay on track as well as not get in the way of other teams.

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