MITRE Simulation Engineer reviews

You can just get kicked off a project with no warning and no real reason except "it wasn't in the budget anymore" or "we didn't get as much money from the sponsor as we wanted," and because MITRE is not-for-profit, there's no overhead charge code for that missing project time. You either need to scramble to find a new project or use your PTO to fill that allocation. There's also no guarantees to have project work once you get a job here. You have to continue to network and find work basically the whole time.

New benefit changes have adversely affected those with long tenure, C suite has made decisions without fair warning to the rest of the company, there is a lack of trust and communication between the decision makers and other employees. You can always find better pay and benefits by switching companies, but I have found the work life balance and flexibility to be very good at MITRE which I would not trade in for higher pay, plus knowing it’s a not-for-profit and I’m doing influential work is worth it to me.