Denied my vaccine exemption request and terminated nearly 100 employees 2 days before Thanksgiving 2021 - Anonymous employee MITRE Employee Review

1.0
Feb 25, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

MITRE was a great company when I started there. The retirement program was great. Interesting work if you get on the right projects. Some great people at the individual contributor level.

Cons

My vaccine exemption request was denied by MITRE legal team and I along with around 100 of my former colleagues at MITRE were terminated on November 23rd, 2021. 2 days before Thanksgiving. They provided no explanation for the reason my vaccine exemption request was denied. They provided a one sentence letter saying my vaccine exemption request was denied.

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