MITRE reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(2,671 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

73% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

MITRE has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,671 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
Apr 12, 2016

Be careful of your cuatomer's interests

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The FFRDC is involved with a lot of interesting work across numerous areas of government. They are in a prime position to affect real change in many industries.

Cons

Unfortunately, employee appraisal and reviews are tied to how well you create business for the company, not how you support the customer. This practice does not look out for the government customer's interests all the time.

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MITRE Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback. As a not-for-profit operator of FFRDCs, MITRE does not engage in a revenue-generating model like you would normally see in a for-profit entity. Work projects stem from our current contracts with our government sponsors. Performance appraisals take into account many aspects of work at MITRE.
4.0
Apr 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Healthy work-life balance; talented and hard-working colleagues; an opportunity to contribute to objective and interesting solutions in the pubic interest

Cons

The environment and mindset can be a bit old-school. MITRE is striving to assemble a more diverse workforce yet leadership remains significantly male and Caucasian.

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MITRE Response
10y
Thanks for your review!
2.0
Apr 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Real need in niche FFRDC space from sponsor for skiils. Great projects to get on if you seek them out on your own and kiss right rings to get on. Unless funding gets cut and Level 6 or 7 staff kicks everyone off, but makes sure they protected themselves with sufficent remaning STE budget to cling to another 10 different projects they will nickel and dime.

Cons

No technical innovation or engineering leadership comming out of Level 6 & 7 senior managers. Not all, but most hide behind PM duties by making it sound overly complicated; come on guys - its a STE cost only budget, not like you're managing a real P&L or projects with 100s of STE on. Day to day operations and culture is run by highly bloated, overly politcal, and non-technical or lacking relevant technical skills of far too many Level 6 & 7 staff.

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MITRE Response
10y
We’re happy to hear you enjoyed the projects you were on while at MITRE. Our senior-level executives are committed to having an open door policy and encourage staff to escalate challenges to them. We encourage you to reach out to an HR representative should you be interested in sharing your concerns.
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