MITRE Sr. Software Engineer reviews

3.7

77% would recommend to a friend

(60 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

87% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 60 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. MITRE is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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5.0
Oct 27, 2017

Great Company

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Pros

Flexible Hours. MITRE Cares about Employee education and professional development very much. Project flexibility is great too (being able to move from one project to another at will).

Cons

Honestly there are none in my opinion that i have encountered yet

3.0
Sep 20, 2017
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Pros

Work-life balance: MITRE allows very flexible work schedules, with an 80-hour pay period. If you need time off, it can be made up within the 2-week period. Vacation time can be taken in increments of an hour or more. Benefits: generous 401k contribution (up to 10%), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, parental leave. Valuable work: if you are on a good project, your work can directly benefit the country in a way that gives real job satisfaction.

Cons

Lack of focus on quality: other people have mentioned this, but there is a real problem with quality at MITRE. Projects spin up, execute, and spin down in a period of months, and they are therefore built on extremely rickety foundations. This is dangerous, because the glue and baling wire holding things together aren't always visible from the outside, and engineers who have spent their entire careers at MITRE start to lose the ability to recognize quality issues at all. Haphazard recognition and advancement : the people who make promotion and salary decisions are not the same people who see the work you do every day. Your advancement is often based off how glamorous or polically significant your work is, and not the actual quality of your work product.

3.0
May 27, 2016
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Pros

- Challenging projects - Plenty of resources to get the job done - Comfortable culture in which to work I didn't see any other place to pose this question. I'm considering returning to MITRE as a direct employee. I recently read in two separate articles that "retiring employees can expect to make 80-90% of their working income as a result of MITRE's retirement plan". Is this something that is still in effect? Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

Cons

Management need to keep their ear to the ground on employee issues. Other than that, my salary as a freelancer was great and have no other cons to list.

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