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      2.0
      Aug 22, 2021
      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Work-life balance is great with plenty of time off and flexible scheduling. Great job security, especially if you can maintain a security clearance. Good opportunities for training and learning new skills. It's a not-for-profit company. They're fairly open about their budgets and salaries, and they prefer quality work over quick fixes.

      Cons

      Pulled a bait-and-switch by making employees give up their offices just before requiring them to come in 2-3 days per week again. Benefits are good on paper, but in practice it's bottom-of-the-barrel healthcare plan administration and rife with processing errors. You'll often have several months of back-and-forth with HR and insurance companies to resolve issues. Especially bad with transgender healthcare, it's covered in theory but you won't get them to pay out without a lawsuit. Pay is decent, but you could do better in any other industry if you don't need this level of job security. Lots of slowdown, overhead, and general stress from the nature of government work.

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      Thank you for recognizing many of the things that make MITRE a great place to work, including the opportunity to develop new skills. We work hard to create an environment where everyone can grow, thrive, and prosper. MITRE has a well-earned reputation for caring for our employees and their families. Our benefit plans provide inclusive and supportive coverage for all employees, including our LGTBQ+ identifying colleagues, and we continually seek feedback from our employees, market leaders, and other resources to ensure our benefit plans reflect our commitment to inclusion and diversity. We annually review all of our benefits to ensure they represent our diverse workforce. For any reason, if an employee has a question or concern about their coverage, or needs assistance with one of our vendor partners, they can reach out to our Employee Service Center, where they will receive prompt and personal assistance.

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      5.0
      May 28, 2026
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Supportive leadership Interesting work Work/life balance

      Cons

      Searching for projects at times Funding challenges

      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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