MITRE reviews

Lack of good management of resources, mission, budgets, and staff. Lack of clear/consistent communication throughout all levels of organization. Lack of employee relations. Lack of management adherence to MITRE's cultural attributes: speed, risk, adaptability, collaboration, grace and respect - these are just words that sound good on paper and to the Board of Trustees. Although there are a few good leaders, most managers from the director level to SVP are dismissive and demeaning to staff that fall below them. Many concerns about culture, hostile work environment, and bullying are dismissed. When those concerns are aired through proper channels typically results in repercussions. Poor leadership at the top trickles down to dissatisfied employees creating a toxic environment. Finally, in response to Slack chats concerning the culture and management, MITRE recently removed the "anonymous" feature in Slack, in an effort to squash complaints and continue with the corporate propaganda.

-Truly an awful executive staff that prioritized their own careers, pay, and comfort over everything else. Truly should be investigated for implementing rules that threaten national security to make their daily jobs “lanyard free.” -Current CEO suppressed dissent by shutting down channels staff use to share complaints and pay -Current CEO is obviously an outdated relic who doesn’t understand WFH and thinks sitting in an empty office all day near none of your team is better for productivity. -Executive staff has been gutted of all dissenting opinions by current CEO -Benefits are being rolled back by current CEO as he touts how profitable we have become and how much extra cash reserves we have. -Current CEO does not like anyone over 35 and has made it clear that the change in benefits is meant to harm them and push them out of the company. -Lack of investment in training. For a company that puts on its own training, it is impossible to actually sign up for any of this. Expect to not get any follow-on job training -A pathetic lack of lab space due to current executive staff prioritizing vanity project (MITRE 3/4) over long term investment in the companies staff and research. For a “research and development” company, we do laughably little in either. -Almost no work or investment in climate change. -A change in dynamics has led to the company becoming increasingly a body shop for sponsors instead of providing independent oversight and analysis as required by our entire foundational purpose.