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      Air of superiority that doesn’t deliver - Anonymous employee MITRE Employee Review

      2.0
      Nov 11, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good work/life balance, flexible work location, very good retirement

      Cons

      MITRE as an organization grossly inflates its worth. If you like engineering, as in technical problem solving, this is not the place for you. If you like having a million useless meetings, moving at the snails pace of the U.S. Government, and routinely trying to find ways to justify your existence on a project when your organization isn’t really doing anything impactful and has zero control of scope... this may be a good fit. Be prepared to meet the most subject matter experts you’ve ever encountered in one place. At least that’s how MITRE likes to introduce all staff to its sponsors. Even when it’s blatantly false. Which you’ll find it is most of the time. MITRE tends to hire leadership from within and this has led to an echo-chamber/group think mentality that maintains the status quo of tooting your own horn while delivering nothing of any real value. The work is slow and generally not nearly as impactful cutting edge as MITRE claims.

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      We are proud of the work that each and every one of does us at MITRE to support our shared mission of solving problems for a safer world. We value all of our talent and strive to provide the environment in which we can maximize our collective potential. The work we do delivers innovative and impactful technical solutions to our sponsors across government—from patented, trademarked, copyrighted, published, and licensed solutions to tackling challenges in dozens of areas. In cybersecurity, for example, we created MITRE ATTACK(TM), a globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations. Our employees collaborate closely through public-private partnerships, as well as our sponsor work, to create new solutions to difficult challenges, making a difference both at MITRE and around the world.

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      5.0
      Jun 5, 2026
      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good work life balance, not too competitive

      Cons

      Slightly lower comp compared to other for profit companies in the area

      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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