MITRE reviews

“Good Growth, Right Staffing, the MITRE Way, expanding to foreign markets...” These are all examples of failed ideas that we went charging into with no strategy or plan. All that has been created is more expense and more VPs. These “initiatives” have eaten up overhead and benefits. For example last year they forced everyone into the same health insurance provider, they conducted many, many, many information sessions and literature to convince eveyone that it would be better, but it’s turned out to be much more expensive and does not cover as much. Whwver an employee needs coverage, management provides no help, even when they are responsible, such as when the contracting department can’t seem to get their act together to prevent breaks in service. They typically assure everyone that there will be no break and then a day or two before they announce a break, giving little time for employees to react. Management’s only response is that they will not provide any type of charge code, find work or take vacation.

retirement match falling behind national labs and competitors (e.g., Booz Allen). Major strategic mistake to downgrade DoD/IC work (~60% of work program, 90% of demand) in favor of groveling for VA, IRS, HHS work (so 2010s!). Staff uniformly hates corporate management; management thinks everyone loves them.