MITRE reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

(2,664 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

72% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

MITRE has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,664 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MITRE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Jun 6, 2024

Carrot on a stick

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Pros

Direct management chain is great. Enjoy the pace of work at a site. Some government sponsors are amazing individuals to work with and support!

Cons

Large focus on hiring external vs internally promoting people of equal skillsets. There’s often a sense of “intellectual superiority” among individuals that gets pitted against others in a negative fashion, so much so that it blocks non-masters and PhD holding folks from advancement and recognition of impactful work. Certainly feels like a bro culture with lack of respect for others. I often-times find myself at my wits end, fed up with the disrespectful, clique-ish shenanigans of coworkers. Diversity of opinion is not valued here; in fact, good luck getting most coworkers to set aside their ego and actually listen to the ideas of others. Most sponsor work is unfulfilling, and lacks the appropriate rigor to be effective, and Impactful. The dynamic of MITRE vs Aerospace vs Contractors is ridiculous and unprofessional, I’ve never been disrespected in that manner by non-MITRE professionals before. Pay is low, promotion potential non-existent but always dangled in front of you, forget getting a raise that keeps up with inflation and cost of living.

2.0
Dec 11, 2023

Down the tubes

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Pros

People managers and some departments still have great culture and the work is interesting and varied.

Cons

Senior leadership completely disconnected from employees and never honestly communicate about anything. Constant cuts to benefits, strong push for in person work despite some having been teleworkers for 15 years, salaries not keeping up with inflation. Hired too many people too fast and now we don’t have work for them.

2.0
Nov 16, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

In the past MITRE was a great place to build a career. MITRE had many great benefits such as top tier work life balance (still good but used to be much better). For new grads MITRE was (still somewhat is) a great place to learn how the gov contracting world works and soak up some industry knowledge.

Cons

Recently MITRE has quietly reduced its headcount and compensation has not reflected inflation. Much of the top talent at MITRE has also fled and the result is many teams are burdened by fewer resources. There is also a heavy movement from upper management towards RTO, which the entire employee body is not in agreement with.

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