MITRE reviews

There are many people at MITRE who are knowledgeable in their respective fields. However, that means that a majority of those people are occupying the upper-level positions that others cannot advance to. MITRE typically does not promote people unless the department can justify a case of why a higher position is needed in that department. Often some people are left frustrated at the review process. Another downside is that you won't find typical corporate perks here like those sky box tickets to some professional sport or a huge Christmas gala. MITRE is a non-profit organization, and thus cannot provide these types of perks.

MITRE has become yet another government bureaucracy burdened by both government procedures and there own internal procedures. It is no longer the "think tank" or the "research center" it once was in its glory days. Productivity and innovation are now being replaced by buzzwords and politics. There are tens of families employed by MITRE and career development is heavily influenced by this. Since there is no real line between management and engineering (causing both to suffer); management appears to take the credit for their engineers ideas and hard work. Knowledge sharing is limited as a result. Research opportunities have been limited as late and are not as forward looking as they should be. Arguably, the same individuals obtain the majority of research funding. MITRE should promote innovation by enabling many smaller research initiatives and allowing the real innovation to flower. Currently, innovation is squelched by those promoting there own interests. A whole new innovation program was formed to address this; but it fell short in execution due to the fact that those running the new program were the problem with the old. This is an example of mingling management and engineering.