MITRE reviews

Projects vary widely. Some are good, others ... not good. If you're a hands-on technical person you may be the only such individual on a project. There isn't a "bench" between assignments. You will be pressured to bill "directly funded" projects, take vacation time, or leave the company. For the Data Scientists out there, not many opportunities for *real* "Data Science." You'll see. Too much time in meetings talking about work instead of doing work. Hard to find good assignments. You're constantly hustling to drum up work instead of doing work. Projects constantly under resourced. Constant struggle to get the job done when you've got senior executives billing your projects behind your back. Pay isn't competitive with the private sector, other benefits losing value against competition. Recent exodus of experienced, top talent to better opportunities. Current employees, don't get left behind with those who can't leave. New hires are inexperienced recent grads. If you're experienced you'll spend a lot of unbillable time getting them up to speed. No real opportunities for training. The quality of courses in the MITRE Institute is a joke, and you're often on your own to cover your time taking those courses.

Executives unable to make timely decisions causing corporate employees to constantly rework analysis. Absent effective communication between ceo and executives as well as communications down to department heads. Women at Mitre are not treated as equals. COBT org announced a pilot program to encourage employees to feel safe about speaking truth to mgmt.......that says a lot about the culture here that they have to pilot this program.