Excellent place to work for tech people interested in public service - Group Leader MITRE Employee Review

5.0
Mar 28, 2019
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Pros

MITRE works on interesting and challenging problems for our government sponsors. Great work/life balance - little to no overtime is expected. MITRE management cares about and invests in employees' careers and development. The culture is devoted to providing good R&D to help out the US government and taxpayers. Excellent benefits for the industry: pay, retirement matching, healthcare, facilities, and time off.

Cons

As a government FFRDC there are lots of bureaucratic policies, mostly imposed contractually by the government. Additionally as a hierarchical matrix organization, employees often have to deal with "lots of bosses."

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MITRE Response
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Thank you for your service at MITRE. Our people are dedicated to solving difficult problems for the good of our nation and the world. As we pursue this mission, we are mindful that everything we achieve as an organization is accomplished by our talented team. We are proud to invest in our people’s compensation, growth and wellbeing.

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