Something is Wrong - Lead Systems Engineer MITRE Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Direct supervisors, project leaders, middle management truly care about their people and go above and beyond to make sure you have what you need to support your government sponsor. They are the lifeblood of the company.

Cons

It seems the C Suite is completely disconnected from the company's mission and its employees. Recent benefit cuts were directly aimed at long term employees with 9+ years at the company, introducing an unnecessary risk of losing countless years of experience and institutional knowledge that MITRE's sponsors VALUE. There is zero indication of them trying to retain employees either, including those at the company less than 9 years that were unaffected by recent changes who are now questioning why they should remain at the company. It's been tough watching this company go downhill the last 6 years. Seems like things only get worse and have gotten far, far worse in only the last year.

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Pros

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Cons

Toxic Environment the overall workplace culture and leadership styles are fundamentally toxic, creating a stressful atmosphere. Ineffective Leadership: Senior executives lack commercial business acumen, resulting in poor strategic direction and operational inefficiencies. Zero Job Security: The organization demonstrates minimal loyalty to staff, with a constant threat of sudden, unexpected terminations because of the previous CEO Jason Providakes making the company go almost bankrupt and then they decided to get rid of an extreme amount of employees and firing phenomenal employees who did not want to get covid vaccines. Tooooo many VP's that take more annual bonuses than they should and leaving the company with scraps. Bureaucratic Overhead: Daily operations prioritize administrative paper-pushing and PowerPoint creation over meaningful innovation. Below-Market Pay!! critical security vulnerability and leadership failure at the San Diego Liberty Station facility. Following the replacement of our previous Facility Security Officer which the whole facility said it should of been the current fso to be let go the current FSO is consistently absent, leaving the site without necessary security oversight. Furthermore, this individual regularly engages in inappropriate, flirtatious conduct with visiting sponsors, which compromises our professional reputation and causes visible discomfort to external guests. Due to an unprofessional personal relationship with a coworker, the FSO also routinely fails to report to work or leaves early during core operational hours.

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