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      3.2

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (2,671 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

      74% approve of CEO

      23% positive business outlook

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      4.1

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      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      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 28, 2015

      Engineer @ MITRE Bedford - Neutral

      Engineer
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      Pros

      Took a pay cut coming from a private sector to MITRE with the hope for good work life balance, for a bit slower pace, and for good education. MITRE places my task lead be my roommate, and it is an instant micro-management all day. It is a very strange and unhealthy feeling. I am very nervous to talk on personal phone call and go online for minor personal activities. Stick with fix schedule, every time I have to step out, come a little late or leave early, I required to send out an email to the whole team. Allow 1-day work from home, the task lead will check in on me through Lync chatting system. Only allow 1-class or 1-conference training annually. I am not sure if this is excluding internal training. Internal training appears very academic and awesome. So far, no hand on training, except me going through books on Safari (internal library database) and technical documents on Sharepoint (intranet). Group meeting is 2-3 times a week to report progress, and a lot of tasks so far. It required 1-1 with team lead and 1-1 with task lead every week or bi-weekly?? You can go running or walking during lunch hour. So far, I am pretty neutral about MITRE. There are still a lot of tasks, and required update every 2 days. The good thing is there is no deadline so far. For work life, I am not sure if it is better than my prior place though. Initially, I though I can just swing the hours within the two weeks, and just record it in the timecard. The fact that I have to send out email every time I short or extent my day even by 1-hour, it seems a bit ridiculous.

      Cons

      My health care cost is more expensive. People here are socially uncomfortable. Most people eat lunch in their office. I will let you know how my raise go ... My heart is still pumping fast, and progress update requirement is pretty rigorous. The pay is low, no bonus, and might not get a raise ...

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      Thank you for taking the time to comment. Great to hear that you are taking advantage of the educational opportunities that MITRE offers its employees. At MITRE, most employees sit in shared offices instead of cubicles. If you are uncomfortable with your shared office situation, we recommend reaching out to your manager or an HR representative to discuss a possible seat reassignment.
      2.0
      May 21, 2013

      Great corporate benefits. Great corporate policies that don't pan out.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      MITRE has great corporate policies of valuing their employees. They have great employee benefits and internal resources to create high-quality products, and to serve the government well. I believe many divisions within MITRE are great places to work. Collaborative environment with mostly very bright people.

      Cons

      A couple of weeks after the CEO of MITRE proclaimed to all employees that the company's last resort would be RIFs, 100 or more people were RIF'd. This is indicative of the unmet promises at MITRE. The leadership is changing, and the great corporate policies no longer hold true. My personal experience at MITRE was horrible -- and I do mean horrible -- due to the politics and morale. People don't talk to each other in the hallways. It's a very unfriendly place to work. Direct supervisors give no direction to employees. Politics govern most decisions, and very hostile work environments are well known -- and remain -- while senior management does nothing about it. I think MITRE does an excellent job of thoroughly outlining project requirements, procedures, standards, etc., for projects for customers. But, to my amazement, I saw no evidence that MITRE has ever done this internally. They need to listen to their own advice!

      2.0
      Mar 25, 2009

      Some Interesting technical work, but brown-nosing and favoritism are required for advancement.

      Lead engineer
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      Pros

      The best reasons to work for MITRE are the retirement plan and the flex-time schedule. With the company contribution, an employee is able to contribute over 25% of salary a year to his or her 403(b) and 401(a) plans. Flex-time permits employees to work 40 hours at essentially any time during the week.

      Cons

      The biggest downsides of working at MITRE are that the company is way over-managed, and politics are so predominant that promotion requires a heavy dose of brown-nosing and favoritism. Managers literally market each other through meeting, viewgraphs, and programmatics. Advancement depends on hooking up with a sponsor who gets you promoted regardless of technical competence.

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