Mar 18, 2019
MITRE reviews
3.2
49% would recommend to a friend
Mark Peters
73% approve of CEO
22% positive business outlook
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3.0
Mar 15, 2019
Interesting work; few opportunities for advancement (or pay increases)
Current employee, more than 3 years
McLean, VA
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Pros
Excellent benefits. MITRE puts in an almost-unheard-of 7.5% automatically, and with matching will go up to 10% (they take one year to start matching, but you're fully vested from the get-go). Net result is that you're putting in 12%, and they're putting in 10%, for a total of 22% per year. They also have student-loan repayment up to another $1800 per year (although only for 3 years). They also have subject-matter experts in almost every topic you can think of. So you can save a lot of time by finding an expert to look over something, or bring you up to speed. They have continuing education opportunities through the internal "MITRE Institute". Depending on the group, they can be extremely flexible about working hours. Work-life balance is solid; you won't be criticized for putting in your 40 hours and then going home.
Cons
Promotions beyond Level 3 are rare (as in, one person per department per year from 3 to 4, one from 4 to 5, etc). So functionally they're awarded largely by seniority, as opposed to merit. Pay is tied very closely to salary band: Level 3 (Senior) is centered at $110k (+/- 25k), Level 4 (Lead) is centered at $140k. Management convinces themselves that they're "paying above market", but that's not really correct. While nominally you're paid a bit more than in another company with a title of "senior" engineer, the truth is that in those other companies, you already would have been promoted. So relative to your actual job performance, you can be severely underpaid. This sets up a perverse incentive within the company: the most capable/ambitious employees are likely to find another job, while the least capable are likely to stick around in hopes that they'll at least get promoted based on seniority. The company certainly has high-quality people... but less than if they used a different promotion scheme.
2.0
Feb 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros
The work at MITRE is generally quite meaningful. We solve hard problems that the government needs help with. It's easy to head home at the end of the day knowing you've made a real contribution. Moreover, the pay and benefits are decent.
Cons
Unfortunately, MITRE is not able to keep the promises it makes to its employees. Management will say what it takes to get you to agree to something. But those promises are hollow. If you put faith in these promises, you can end up making decisions detrimental to your career.
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