Corporate operations is a tough place to work - Security MITRE Employee Review

2.0
14 Jun 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friendly coworkers - very few people are hostile Mission is good

Cons

Compensation is very low - some people leave for a 20% increase and return a few years later for another 20% increase to get to fair market Undefined job roles, wear multiple hats at once Corporate operations (Helpdesk, Security, Infrastructure) is maxed out Unrealistic overtime requirements Executives sometimes forget they're human first, employees second, leaders last Corporate kool-aid drinkers

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MITRE Response
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Thank you for sharing your perspective. Input from our employees—whether through Pulse surveys, lunches with the CEO, focus groups, Glassdoor, or other forums—informs many conversations that help guide our thinking and the actions we are taking at all levels of management and leadership. We are investing significantly in our people, tools and systems to ensure we provide best-in-class resources for our talent. This cycle of feedback and action is critical to help us create the talent experience we aspire to at MITRE, across all sites/locations and functional organizations.

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