Executive Leadership. Having worked at MITRE for over 15 years I’ve been through multiple phases of leadership. The current leadership team is the only time that I’ve been concerned about the direction of the company and its future.
Under the current CEO’s leadership, MITRE has taken on a significant amount of new overhead costs. In the last 5-6 years, leadership has significantly expanded the corporate facilities footprint. Additionally, the CEO has increased overhead/indirect costs by increasing executive leadership and adding new VPs.
Yet, despite the company’s “great financial health” the CEO decided to cut corporate benefits in a draconian manner which has reduced total compensation significantly. Despite this, merit increases have been less than the cuts in benefits. Given the current state of inflation, total compensation has decreased compared to cost of living.
When any valid and thoughtful questions are asked about the decisions and changes being made during COVID and recently, the CEO has been very dismissive and irritated that anyone would ask for data or more information. The gaslighting of the employee base has been frustrating.
The majority of MITRE employees have lost confidence in the executive leadership team. The knee jerk reactions guiding decision making have been hard to see. It’s unfortunate because it may lead to loss of quality employees at MITRE.