Leadership is completely out of touch with reality. While teams are stretched thin, the company is adding executive overhead, including positions like VP of Communications in high cost areas like McLean (one of the most expensive areas in the country!) while everyone else is expected to carry the load.
This is taxpayer-funded work, and this kind of spending reflects poor judgment and priorities. Money is being directed to high-cost overhead instead of supporting the people actually doing the work, reducing the value delivered to government sponsors.
This is bad decision-making at its prime. Leadership is adding layers instead of fixing real problems, leaving teams to deal with the consequences.
During these tough times when government sponsors are pushing to reduce costs, ignoring what your customers are asking for while increasing high-cost overhead is a recipe for failure.
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Mitre has become a royal taxpayer burden. Govt keeps asking for efficiency/cost savings and they do just the opposite. They keep lavish buildings in Tysons and hire everyone there on bloated salaries. They can’t comprehend even companies like Apple don’t keep back offices like HR, Finance in Cupertino but lower cost areas like Texas. They have lost touch with reality.
This kind of mindset is a big reason we are hitting $40 trillion in debt as a nation. Best thing Mitre can do for sponsors is shutdown. It’s a friends and family empire. Executives enjoy the buildings and hire their kids as interns. This is lavish enterprise on taxpayer dime that needs to be shutdown!
