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      3.0
      Dec 4, 2018
      Project leader
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Really smart colleagues -- many of whom are dedicated and passionate about their mission-driven work. Decent work/life balance (it's not just lip service here.) Decent pay if you do good work and have an HR "manager" who understands what you're doing and values you -- and if you survived the layoffs.

      Cons

      Lack of vision *and* how that vision flows down to front-line workers. CEO and VPs keep talking about smart growth but no one can explain the concept well or what it should mean to regular employees. Super ol' boys club, where almost all the female leadership has been wiped out in favor of old, white men who used to be in federal government. Tons of silos, and once you start asking around, you realize 500 other people are working on what you're working on. Government customers are slow, outdated, and don't want to modernize or change. It's frustrating how little innovation there actually is because there's no desire for innovation within government.

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      MITRE Response
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      We appreciate your thoughtful feedback, and agree that MITRE has an extraordinary and talented workforce! We’re proud to be consistently recognized as a Top Place to Work in Boston, in the DC Metro area, and in multiple cities across the country where MITRE has a presence, with many of our employees citing their appreciation for our work/life balance and flexibility. A specific area of focus for our leaders over the course of the year is to connect with employees to build a shared understanding of our business strategy, planned through multiple forums including all-employee meetings and site visits. Your comments related to diversity in leadership are concerning and inaccurate, and we will continue to ensure that our leaders are representative of our diverse and multigenerational workforce. MITRE is dedicated to delivering on the diversity pledge our CEO made earlier this year as part of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, along with 150 CEOs nationwide .

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      5.0
      Mar 17, 2026
      Internship
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good company, very supportive enviroment

      Cons

      None, I enjoyed my internship very much!

      3.0
      Jan 23, 2023
      Employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great diversity, quality of life and staff. Been with MITRE over 20 years.

      Cons

      Too many VP,s that are not held accountable. Company recently RIF'd 24 staff from FAA FFRDC, due to dropping gov't funding...yet company has significant number of VPs all sucking off of overhead. No attempt to manage money within the "leadership" ranks. Last year company went through a major business transformation...that failed...yet, VPs held staff accountable for reporting on a subpar system that lasted over 12 months. Could not even get business data to report to gov't for over 2 months, yet, person who was in charge of the business transformation is still at MITRE. If this happened to any other MITRE employee, they would've been gone. Oddly enough the person in charge of the business transformation is the CEOs brother. Amazing how that happens. He'll probably get a bonus because of his substandard performance. MITRE recently invested in opening up an office in Australia. All on company overhead. significant large numbers of VPs travelling out to "visit"...yet company has the audacity to reduce benefits as part of cost cutting measures. Company has now taken on a "for profit" mentality. It's all about delivery... so VPS and GMs can spend, spend, spend. Board of Directors should take a good look at what is happening and make some swift changes from the CEO on down. BOD should also implement an independent IG like entity to investigate what is seeming like waste, fraud and abuse by CEO, GMs and VPs. Time for the Fat Cats to get purged!!!

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