MITRE reviews

I have been told that come people move up the company quickly because of their potential while some others need to demonstrate sold performance. It is a bit confusing about what MITRE value more since this is really not a technical shop. It seems to be a management consulting company. The raise and reward this year was uneven among my friends and their reward does not correlate to my assessment of their performance or skills, but I think office politics is common at many places. I think talking with people and being similar to the higher level managers might be a reason but it is difficult to find the real measurement for performance. At times it feels kind of like back at high school. I have been told it is more important to act knowledgeable in a subject in order to help my team. I don’t think that is very honest to do without real knowledge. I am also concerned that my customers can always find expert knowledge on-line...

Excess internal and external rules, policy, and regulation. Many younger employees don't understand the essence of being a true MITRE. Many employees argue about insignificant points or left-field academic view points that is not MITRE. Not enough strong leaders to manage and help employees to work together to achieve MITRE goals. End of year rewards were diluted with those who did not deserve rewards.