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3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

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Mark Peters

73% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

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3.0
Jan 12, 2016

Senior Systems Engineer

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Pros

Good starting salaries and flexible working hours

Cons

Raises are a joke and promotions are nearly impossible

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MITRE Response
10y
We’re glad that you enjoy the ability to have flexible working hours at MITRE. We recently implemented a new performance and development process with the goal of improving transparency around promotions and growth.
5.0
Jan 11, 2016
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Pros

Work / life balance is excellent. The work obviously needs to get done, and there is crunch time when needed, but in the nearly 10 years I have been here, it's happened only twice. For an engineer this has the experimental nature of academia, without the issues that brings. We make prototypes, so no issues with manufacturability. And at the end of the day, the work we do matters.

Cons

Compensation could be better. They play with the titles to shift the curve, and if I want to make more money I will have to change companies.

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MITRE Response
10y
Thank you for your review. We review industry benchmarks to ensure that our compensation and benefits are competitive.
1.0
Jan 3, 2016

Principal Sytems Engineer

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Pros

Great compensation and benefits. Work/life balance is important and flexible work schedule is encouraged.

Cons

Company adds little value to any program. Everything is politically driven (promotions, work, etc.), nothing merit based. Work is largely non-technical. MITRE operates on the "spray and pray" method for deliverables, that is, just produce paperwork, quality doesn't matter the sponsor will likely be pleased with something. MITRE management likes to pat themselves on the back saying how great they are, but the reality is they are a B-list company wasting taxpayer dollars doing unnecessary work. The vast majority of managers would be shown the door at most other companies.

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MITRE Response
10y
We appreciate your feedback. We’re glad that you enjoyed the compensation, benefits and work-life balance that MITRE provides. We receive regular feedback from our sponsors who tell us they are happy with the value we add and the contributions we make to their missions. Their satisfaction has allowed us to become one of the largest operators of FFRDCs in the United States.
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