Good work life balance - Cloud Engineer MITRE Employee Review

4.0
Sep 17, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great work-life balance. Great private gym on site. Cafeteria ok.

Cons

Working with government can be incredibly frustrating. This is not MITRE's fault but a reality of the industry.

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MITRE Response
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We really appreciate your more than 6 years of commitment to MITRE as a Cloud Engineer at our Bedford Campus in Massachusetts and your feedback on our great work-life balance. At MITRE, we recognize that our talented staff deserve an organization that is going to meet them where they are in life – both personally and professionally. Through our robust benefits package and on-site amenities, we are continuously striving to meet our employee’s needs so they can bring their best selves to work and to our sponsors. From our on-site fitness centers located at our McLean and Bedford campuses and our Employee Assistance Program that provides comprehensive and confidential consultation addressing a broad scope of personal/life/work events and issues, to onsite massage therapy, ergonomics support, and accessibility and accommodations programs - we are committed to caring for our people every step of their career journey with us. MITRE is also proud to offer flexible work arrangements as well as important paid-time off benefits that provide out of office coverage for the many changes that life can bring. MITRE employees can take advantage of our flex-time program that allows staff to flex their 80 hours each pay-period with a minimum of only 50% of their time required in an office setting. We also offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave, 12 weeks of paid caregiver leave, and paid short-term disability leave, bereavement leave, military leave, jury duty leave, family medical leave, and so much more. Check out how we support our workforce at https://careers.mitre.org/us/en/benefits.

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