Sinking fast - Senior Software Engineer MITRE Employee Review

1.0
Aug 12, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not many at this point. Convenient to the Metro.

Cons

Reductions in Force in full effect. Almost 2,000 RIF’d in a few short months. Despite obvious signs that the new administration isn’t that into us, business strategy remains stubbornly and doggedly fixed on trying to land large bloated contracts instead of meeting agencies where they are: smaller, cheaper, focused direct task orders. Culture is becoming toxic as “favorites” are being spared from RIFs while seasoned experts are getting the axe. It’s like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic because you don’t see the elephant in the room getting dealt with: high overhead rates and poor performing upper management.

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3.0
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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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