Clarity And Stability Go A Long Way
Pros
- Work/Life Balance - Mobility (i.e. remote reachback to corporate network) - 401 (a) matching - Certain individuals willing to work with you to succeed In my time at MITRE, when I actually had good MITRE work to focus on, I could easily focus on how to leverage internal resources to provide value to sponsors. In certain difficult situations, there seemed to be a consensus as to providing legitimate opportunities to succeed within the company.
Cons
- Unclear direction in certain work programs - Too much reliance on traditional ways of doing business - Inability to clearly define FFRDC role to most sponsors - No clear direction on progressing from certain managers Seems to be a communication issue among DHs in different divisions. A consistent problem programs are running into is the type of work requested by the sponsors, which in turn puts MITRE in a difficult position when it comes to justifying its requirements in order to support said sponsors. Management needs to be approachable when dealing with issues along with working with employees to get into positions quickly.