MITRE reviews

Director-level+ leadership tends to drink/pour the corp cool-aid, which is tone-deaf and insulting to our intelligence to say the least. They recently updated their hybrid work model to include minimum 50% on-site time and a fixed in-office weekday for each sector, rather than something practical - like a minimum of two office days and letting depts/teams choose which in-office days work the best for them and the mission. Also, senior leadership has instituted layoffs and cut benefits significantly in recent years, which might be understandable for necessary cost control...but neither of these measures were applied to senior leadership.

Basically everything else. This company is a sinking ship. People are realizing they are vastly underpaid, MITRE benefits are not competitive, and everyone is overworked. Furthermore, the CEO is a self centered, empathy-less, corporate stooge. He literally laughs at people bringing up the fact that compensation has lagged inflation massively. I get that inflation doesn't affect him with his nearly 2 million dollar salary, but those in the trenches have seen real tangible effects. Return to office is nonsense, some of the most productive years at MITRE were during COVID when everyone was remote. The CEO offers zero concrete evidence as to why this is necessary besides vibes and "other CEOs are doing it". Finally, the financial situation at this company is unstable. Projects are perpetually underfunded, staff are asked to work essentially two jobs for the price of one, and hiring is impossible.