MITRE Cyber Software Engineer reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

80% approve of CEO

17% positive business outlook

Cyber Software Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Cyber Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. MITRE is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Cyber Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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42 reviews
3.0
Apr 18, 2023
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Pros

Everyone I meet from Project Leadership down is VERY smart and capable and know things I don't know, which makes the technical work great. Impactful work supporting important missions. Good work life balance. Great parental leave

Cons

C-Suite leadership, namely CEO, destroying morale with bad policies and lack of transparency and honesty. Attrition is rising. MITRE used to be a company that was mostly late-career senior folks, and now seems to be more early-career. Cutting time off benefits for employees with >9 years at the company very clearly indicates they aren't interested in retaining the most experienced staff. It seems salaries and time off don't keep up with other FFRDCs

4.0
Apr 10, 2023
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Pros

MITRE has a lot of opportunities for new graduates to explore different areas within cyber or across government sponsors. This is a great place to start to identify what area of cyber excites you the most.

Cons

I am under the belief that upper management may withhold information regarding the company's financial standing. I would prefer to know when the company is struggling so I can appropriately prepare for potential layoffs.

2.0
Feb 8, 2023
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Pros

The work is good and meaningful. Surrounded by lots of smart people.

Cons

The CEO is completely tone deaf. The middle management is great, but the VPs and above are not. They make decisions that hurt morale and benefits, and deliver the news very poorly, treating employees rudely and dodging perfectly legitimate questions. It appears that they're trying recently to encourage more experienced staff to leave the company. Vacation was recently cut by one week for experienced staff, and a furlough was "highly encouraged" but not strictly enforced at Thanksgiving.

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