Once a world-class think tank, it has lost its way since 2000. - Anonymous employee MITRE Employee Review

3.0
Jan 29, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Outstanding commitment to public service, supporting all aspects of federal government. Still home to some of the most intelligent, experienced engineers in the world. Have not completely lost their role as premier systems engineers (architects) on the most complex, critical federal systems.

Cons

Management competencies and experience are notoriously under-valued, so those that have risen to executive leadership roles in the past 2 decades are fairly weak in these areas. Resulting in a significant degree of frustration across all levels of the staff. Their leadership doesn't understand their charter. As a result, they take work that doesn't require an experienced systems engineer, and are forced to compress their rates.

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Thank you for your feedback. Publications including the Washington Post and Boston Globe consistently rate MITRE as a top workplace. In developing their rankings, they survey our employees, who rate our leadership highly. While our senior-level executives are committed to an open door policy and encourage staff to escalate issues to them, we also have multiple avenues where employees can raise questions and concerns anonymously.

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