MITRE was once a great place but not any more - Systems Engineer MITRE Employee Review

1.0
31 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They really do have a great cafeteria. There is a lot for parking your car. The bathrooms are cleaned twice a day.

Cons

MITRE tries to maintain the illusion that they are more than an everyday government support contractor. They are resting on their laurels from past years. The work they do is simply the work they are told to do by the government sponsor. They will do as they are tasked because that is how they can stay in business. They are no less immune to funding cuts than any of the other Lockheeds, Grummans, etc. The chances for advancement are nil unless you are in the right clique.

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3.0
23 Jan 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great diversity, quality of life and staff. Been with MITRE over 20 years.

Cons

Too many VP,s that are not held accountable. Company recently RIF'd 24 staff from FAA FFRDC, due to dropping gov't funding...yet company has significant number of VPs all sucking off of overhead. No attempt to manage money within the "leadership" ranks. Last year company went through a major business transformation...that failed...yet, VPs held staff accountable for reporting on a subpar system that lasted over 12 months. Could not even get business data to report to gov't for over 2 months, yet, person who was in charge of the business transformation is still at MITRE. If this happened to any other MITRE employee, they would've been gone. Oddly enough the person in charge of the business transformation is the CEOs brother. Amazing how that happens. He'll probably get a bonus because of his substandard performance. MITRE recently invested in opening up an office in Australia. All on company overhead. significant large numbers of VPs travelling out to "visit"...yet company has the audacity to reduce benefits as part of cost cutting measures. Company has now taken on a "for profit" mentality. It's all about delivery... so VPS and GMs can spend, spend, spend. Board of Directors should take a good look at what is happening and make some swift changes from the CEO on down. BOD should also implement an independent IG like entity to investigate what is seeming like waste, fraud and abuse by CEO, GMs and VPs. Time for the Fat Cats to get purged!!!

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