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      MITRE Software Developer reviews

      3.3

      36% would recommend to a friend

      (73 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

      84% approve of CEO

      21% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      Software Developer employees have rated MITRE with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. MITRE is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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      73 reviews
      4.0
      Oct 15, 2020

      Good Work Life Balance

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Amazing work life balance, flexible, research and relax environment

      Cons

      Flat organization, hard to move around, no upward mobility

      3.0
      Oct 8, 2020

      Great company, but executives are becoming out of touch with employees

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great colleagues, meaningful work, great benefits, easy to switch projects and work to something that you find interesting.

      Cons

      CEO and executives keep changing organization around for seemingly no reason, they're a bit out of touch with what the employees want, and at a company that's supposed to be non-political they make a lot of political comments.

      2.0
      Jul 4, 2020

      Poor CEO Leadership and Too Many Changes

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      MITRE offers a tremendous amount of autonomy and flexibility to employees. Most staff have the ability to traverse projects across MITRE's many FFRDC's. This allows staff to follow growth opportunities and get away from stagnant or less-impactful projects. On the personal side, MITRE's flextime benefit is amazing and allows you to make your own workday outside of obligations that have to be met (meetings and deliverable deadlines). Benefits are excellent and pay is good, although benefits have been slowly lessened in the past several years (health insurance cuts, paid time off flexibility, etc..) COVID response and ability of company to telework are impressive. Financials are incredibly strong. If you are in agreement with leadership's politics and don't mind treading the waters of bureaucracy to make a decent living, I would recommend MITRE to others.

      Cons

      MITRE culture has been rapidly deteriorating with the endorsement of certain political and social viewpoints/values (but not others). Likewise, C suite level leadership is a revolving door and the CEO has done a very poor job of implementing change, communicating vision, and keeping MITRE a non-partisan, apolitical place to perform impactful work for the US Government. Our campuses (headquarters) are top notch. Some sites are not. If you are applying for a position outside of Bedford or Mclean make sure you visit in person before accepting the position. MITRE is still top-heavy with a bunch of level 5 and 6 leadership that doesn't do much of anything. Technical career advancement can be tough, and most level 4's ad 5's (mid level employees) are non-technical to the point that it becomes burdensome to Level 1, 2, and 3 staff who actually have current engineering competency. Our organizational structure is not conducive to the way we aim to support our sponsors. This may change with the current re-organization, but I doubt it with Jason Providakes in charge.

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      MITRE Response
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      At MITRE, we are proud of our mission and our employees who deliver impactful work in service of the public interest. Offering growth opportunities, flexibility and excellent benefits are part of our commitment to providing our employees with experiences to grow, thrive and prosper. Our innovative approach, technical know-how and objective insight are exemplified in our collective response as an organization to COVID-19, and also in the work that we do every day. With the support of our Board of Trustees, we recently announced changes resulting in a more seamless organization that enables greater agility, speed, and boldness while driving excellence through collaboration and innovation. These decisions are never taken lightly; they are deliberate, thought-through, and grounded in our corporate strategy. We continue to be a non-partisan organization that operates in the public interest by being innovative on multiple levels to deliver solutions to our sponsors and partners to make our world a safer place. As pioneers for a better future, we are proud to provide an environment where all of us can safely and openly discuss the current events we face in our communities and work to solve—in partnership with others—some of the biggest challenges facing our society today.
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