MITRE reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(2,670 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

72% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

MITRE has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,670 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MITRE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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3.0
Jun 13, 2024
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Pros

chill work environment and variety of projects to work on good work life balance

Cons

disconnected and somewhat unappreciative leadership/upper management

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MITRE Response
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Thank you for posting your thoughts on Glassdoor. Recognizing and rewarding our employees is integral to our organization’s commitment to our staff. MITRE’s Awards & Recognition program acknowledges teams and individuals who are pushing themselves into new territory to deliver on our promise of solving problems for a safer world. Our awards demonstrate, in a tangible way, the appreciation for the extra efforts and special accomplishments of our talented workforce and we deliver thousands of awards throughout each year to recognize not only critical sponsor work but also behaviors that demonstrate our company values. In addition to our internal awards and recognition program, MITRE staff continue to be recognized externally too. Check out our most recent awards at https://www.mitre.org/who-we-are/awards-recognition.
5.0
Jun 11, 2024

MITRE Superpowers

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Pros

MITRE has some superpowers that make it a really great place to work. - Outstanding Internal Research and Development program that offers some leading edge research on cool capabilities including drones, lasers, cyber, quantum, AI, and tons of other interesting projects - Stable contracting environment. Many contracts are 10 years and really offer a great place to grow a career. Not transactional like some of the other Federal contracting companies - Great business model to quickly grow technical expertise and domain experience across multiple federal customers. Often we have the ability to work 2 or more projects providing significant opportunity to see different technical implementations and customer s.

Cons

- Many of the leadership team have been at MITRE for their entire careers and dont have outside experience. Makes it somewhat harder culturally to understand. Like the Galapagos Islands we are our own little microcosm.

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MITRE Response
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MITRE is proud to have a state-of-the-art independent research and development program with a focus on empowering our talented employees to explore their new ideas with funded projects that address the critical problems and priorities of our government sponsors. Our scientists and engineers apply and advance research in critical emerging technologies in the public interest, such as AI and cyber. From soldiers and first responders to air traffic controllers and data analysts to physicians and Census takers, our workforce of innovators and doers ensure that real-world solutions are delivered to those who need it the most. And they can do that on multiple projects at a time, applying their expertise and learning across the full spectrum of MITRE initiatives. Ensuring this eco-system of innovation requires both internal and external perspectives. Through our recently launched Leadership Center of Excellence, we are engaging with top-level business schools from across the nation to ensure our leaders continuously have access to outside learning and perspectives throughout their tenure at MITRE. Check out our senior leaders and their diverse backgrounds at https://www.mitre.org/who-we-are/our-people/our-leadership.
1.0
Jun 10, 2024
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Pros

Most fellow project team members are hard-working and dedicated to supporting sponsors as best as possible

Cons

Within the Public Sector, leadership promotes only those who kiss up, completely disregarding what will make the company more functional and earn sponsors' respect and drive more work. Staff is being blamed for the company's inability to secure new projects and accused of being intransigent or refusing to adapt. Delusional ideas that MITRE is uniquely positioned to solve the toughest issues, when the company gets lapped regularly by US Digital Services, Booz, and smaller companies. Instead of doing the hard work to see how MITRE can adapt and change, it goes all-in on a 1990s mind set and is doomed to years of regression before the Board clues in and cleans house. Why they allowed a CEO failure to determine his own exit date is beyond inexcusable. The company has earned its bad public reputation and good staff will be hard to come by, further making its self-imposed problems even more entrenched.

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MITRE Response
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Thank you for your candid feedback - all input from our staff is extremely important to us and we welcome the opportunity to address it. MITRE continues to be deeply committed to ensuring fairness and objectivity across all our employee programs, including career advancement. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, that recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics. Our career and growth programs take an integrated approach that enables career development through clear and consistent pathways across our company. And like our entire suite of employee programs, it enables an environment where our talent can grow, thrive, and prosper and do the critical work that continues MITRE’s reputation as a national resource. So much so that this year, MITRE’s 65th anniversary was honored in a Congressional Record highlighting the “significant footprint MITRE has left on modern society.” Read more about MITRE’s recognition here: https://www.congress.gov/118/crec/2024/01/12/170/7/CREC-2024-01-12-pt1-PgE35-3.pdf and learn more about our cutting-edge, impactful work here: https://www.mitre.org/news-insights.
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