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      4.0
      Mar 20, 2024
      Lead software engineer
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      Pros

      MITRE is in a sweet spot where they act as a trusted advisor to the government. You get to do what right and still be innovative. There are so many different opportunities within MITRE that it is very easy to pursue new passions or areas in your field. I had no idea what I really wanted to do and got to try out a lot of things early in my career to find what fit best for me.

      Cons

      Senior leadership does not always seem aligned with what the rest of the company is feeling and could do a better job with honest transparency. I found career growth early in my career fairly straightforward and easy, but after 10 years, the career growth opportunities start to lack.

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      5.0
      Jul 5, 2026
      Lead cyber security engineer
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      Pros

      autonomy, interesting work, supportive culture

      Cons

      Finding projects, building expertise in specific domains

      3.0
      Jan 23, 2023
      Employee
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      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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