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      3.2

      48% would recommend to a friend

      (2,664 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

      72% approve of CEO

      20% positive business outlook

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      4.0

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      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

      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 24, 2010

      Need to Walk the "Talk" and Get Passionate

      Lead info sys eng
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Intranet and Potential Access to Shared Information (although this is not KM by any stretch) - Senior Leadership Awareness and Overall Direction (implementation by mid-mgrs suffers) - Opportunity to be a true government advisor in an operational setting without commercial pressures and ALSO being able to be a part of research initiatives - Intent is initially generally good but not latter insincerity causes staff distrust

      Cons

      - POLITICS - People talk around and behind others and almost never directly to each other - How can we be trusted advisors if our behavior causes each other to be self-promoting (vs. collaborative towards a group goal); and initiatives are treated as surface-level hot topics of the day instead of with the sincerity they deserve - Diversity initiatives are a true HR joke - clear as day to everyone but those spouting 'inclusive values' as they are the ones generally who don't walk the talk themselves - Shameful, contractor-like behavior - As someone else said, they want to be agile in a hierarchical, non-transparent, non-accountable, non-empowering (at least for teams), waterfall environment.

      3.0
      Jun 19, 2010

      Great work but promotions can be non-existent (depends on department).

      Lead engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Varied and interesting work, frequent opportunities to tackle problems outside your usual experience. Management and staff are nicer people compared to most private sector engineering companies I've worked at. Very flexible work hours, good benefits, layoffs almost never happen, laid-back atmosphere if you want that.

      Cons

      Some departments get lots of promotions, others little or none. MITRE doesnt tell the staff which technical specialties they value, you have to figure that out after a few years there, but it makes a huge difference in raises and promotions. They seem to really like systems-oriented expertise. As consultants, MITRE is expected to be expert in anything the Govt. wants help with, so they throw whoever needs coverage in their department at the problem, sometimes someone who doesnt really know what they are doing on that problem although they may think they do. There is an assumption that anyone from MITRE can be an expert in anything the Govt. needs advice with, resulting in good or bad advice at various times. Department management #1 priority is keeping their own people at work, which sometimes limits using expertise in other departments. Review process (P&D) is a joke to deparment management. MITRE's main product is viewgraphs to advise Govt. MITRE projects usually dont really need to make anything actually work all they way since MITRE doesn't actually field systems, only prototypes at most, but thats a problem not only at MITRE but in lots of Govt. high-tech systems since making promises they can't deliver is often the only way to get the Govt. contract in private industry. MITRE is supposed to help with that, but the DoD is so politicized that it can be impossible, and if you say 'this won't work' on a huge program its like saying 'the emperor has no clothes' and its not appreciated and not listened to by the DoD decision makers and sometimes by MITRE project management.

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