Hard to Understand Company - Systems Engineer MITRE Employee Review

3.0
Dec 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The working environment is comfortable and equipment top-billing. The ground is well maintained by staff. They pay me will for my major and this place projects a really serious and important feeling. I hope I have a good long-term career here since many on my project are older type; at times seem to be working with my parents’ friends, very relaxing and friendly.

Cons

I have been told that come people move up the company quickly because of their potential while some others need to demonstrate sold performance. It is a bit confusing about what MITRE value more since this is really not a technical shop. It seems to be a management consulting company. The raise and reward this year was uneven among my friends and their reward does not correlate to my assessment of their performance or skills, but I think office politics is common at many places. I think talking with people and being similar to the higher level managers might be a reason but it is difficult to find the real measurement for performance. At times it feels kind of like back at high school. I have been told it is more important to act knowledgeable in a subject in order to help my team. I don’t think that is very honest to do without real knowledge. I am also concerned that my customers can always find expert knowledge on-line...

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We’re glad that you enjoy working with experienced co-workers and are able to learn and benefit from their expertise. We recently implemented a new performance and development process at MITRE with the goal of improving transparency and communication around promotions and growth.

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