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      3.2

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (2,671 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

      73% approve of CEO

      22% positive business outlook

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      MITRE has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,671 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
      Oct 17, 2016

      A tale of two MITREs...

      Systems engineer
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      Pros

      If you work in the tech centers there are flexible work arrangements, reward outside the box thinking and encourage creativity. However if you work in the project/customer facing departments there is an entirely different mentality (see cons). There are really great problems to work on challenges for the federal government, and if you aren't happy on one project, most managers help you move to other projects as needed. Some people like that its a non-profit.

      Cons

      Some managers are really old school and at times the company moves just as slowly, ineffectively and painfully as the government. Since they took 30 years to get where they are, they try to hold employees back with the mentality they also need to "pay their time". This is inconsistent across the company, but you have to know which type of department you're getting hired into. Aim for the tech centers instead of the projects/programs departments, they are more innovative. Benefits like flex time and other conveniences are also not allowed for employees in a standardized way, though they are advertised by the company, it is manager dependent. There is also this strange scramble at the end of the govt fiscal year to make people take time off or work more to try and spend their budgets exactly down to the dollar. Then at the beginning of a new year, people get dropped from projects and are expected to find new work when there aren't openings... no way to manage people.

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      MITRE Response
      9y
      We're glad you enjoyed diverse array of work here. As we partner with government sponsors, we work hard to ensure that we help them find the right solutions to their challenges. We try to manage benefits and flextime as equitably to all employees as possible. There are some cases where that is more difficult, such as when employees work on highly sensitive programs and may not be able to work from home. However, we compensate these employees with flexibility in other ways.
      3.0
      Nov 22, 2015

      3 Things to do for success at MITRE

      Level v engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The MITRE corporation is a non-compete contractor that performs tasks for the U. S. government. To be successful here, (One) Be aware of office politics and know which group is being favored by level six and seven executives. (Two) Don't do evil, but actively defend your reputation from scapegoating, corporate-hug, and negative remarks from competitions. (Three) You will unlikely to receive credit for your work unless you prearrange for the credit. If you don't claim credit it will come back to bite you during performance review.

      Cons

      (One) Get to know your manager's background and spend time to talk, chat, and be friend with them (you have many managers). (Two) If you a technical skills, make sure you work side-tasks to keep your skill up-to-date. MITRE does not support nor can legally produce technical products due to its non-compete status. (Three) Don't complaint if you are the only one working hard on the project, just get things done and give everyone you can think of credit.

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      MITRE Response
      10y
      Thank you for taking the time to comment. We are very proud of the talented employees that we have working at MITRE. We recommend that you speak to your manager or an HR representative about your concerns.
      1.0
      May 16, 2025

      Dark and desperate days at MITRE

      Manager
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      Pros

      Used to be a great organization

      Cons

      I highly recommend not coming to MITRE. The culture is seriously deficient and the company is too top-heavy with bad managers.

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