I've been at MITRE for less than a year. Between the time I accepted the job offer and my start date, benefits had already been slashed. I was not told by my recruiter. I didn't think anything of it, but benefits kept getting slashed. Then they took away our trash cans. Then they changed the hybrid work policy.
All of that would have been more tolerable if it wasn't for the utter contempt upper management seems to have for its employees. They keep lying to us about why these changes are being made. They make disingenuous arguments. For example reframing "return to office" as "return to work" as if remote workers aren't working. Saying removing our trash cans is better for the environment without evidence, and not admitting it's about cutting janitorial staff costs.
They claim we're getting more flexibility when they cut 2 holidays and replace it with one "flex" holiday.
They claim that keeping layoffs a secret is about "protecting employee privacy." We didn't expect a list of names. Just let us know that our information desk is going to be degraded rather than being surprised by the longer wait times.
They hosted a Q&A where no questions were taken. Twice. On another Q&A, they took my question and rephrased it into a different question, instead of reading what I wrote.
This is not a comprehensive list. It seems like every week (generally on a Friday afternoon. We see through that trick) something new comes out. And it's never counterbalanced by any good news.
We're a bunch of highly-educated data analysts, engineers, developers, and so on. We can handle tough news if presented honestly and factually. The executive team is treating us like middle schoolers.
