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3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(503 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

73% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

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3.0
Jan 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Above average salaries, good benefits, smart colleagues, intellectually challenging, mission-focused

Cons

Functions like a consulting firm so you always have to "hunt" for project coverage within the company. This causes a lot of stress and lowers morale. The company went through multiple rounds of layoffs in 2025, losing about 20% of the workforce.

4.0
Jan 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good WLB, smart people, good impact

Cons

Lots of boring work, good stuff can be hard to find, Pay lower than other places

1.0
Dec 29, 2025

Don't work here

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Pros

- Generous 401k match after 1 year

Cons

- Hemorrhaging headcount. Indiscriminate firing of ~3,500 employees between January and December 2025 because their sole customer (the US Government) doesn't see value in FFRDCs. - Government is largely correct in their assessment that MITRE is overpriced for the low-impact, policy paper and systems engineering work that it primarily does. - Completely tone-deaf leadership. CEO waddles out in a gee-whiz, howdy-doody impression during all-hands every other month before announcing another round of layoffs. Board member bizarrely recited poetry and cried during an all-hands. Senior VPs regularly send emails to 1,000s of employees boasting about their frequent travel to Hawaii and Europe while lamenting 100s of people losing their jobs over the same period. - No plan or vision to adapt to reality.

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