MITRE Engineer reviews

2.9

32% would recommend to a friend

(74 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

54% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 74 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineer professionals have an average working experience there. MITRE is rated 20% below average by Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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74 reviews
1.0
Aug 28, 2023

Can I give a negative rating ?

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Pros

The pros are dwindling but there are still some fantastic people to learn from. The campus is well kept. Nice gym.

Cons

After 30 years , MITRE has become a place of talk with little walk . How many more VPs can we bring on from Booze Allen . I urge you after reading this to see their credentials . Psychology , travel , communications and of course systems engineers that haven't seemed to ever oversee a real system .LOL. Of course, salaries in the 250 to 300 k range are hard to turn down but, Mitre engineers at the VP level and fellows from my day had real credentials and would lay waste to these new so called leaders. No comparing technical ability , work ethic and dedication to company and country like the people I remeber , Ronald Fante , Betz,,Mike Butler . I could go on. We now have a political , Woke , workspace that doesn't work for what MITRE is, I guess supposed to be. It might be a great model for a poetry school, art school or a job as a house representative .But we were supposed to solve problems quickly and efficiently . I 'm not seeing it . Other posts seem to agree. I see very little innovative work . There are a few reverse engineering projects that are interesting but far more time and effort is put into Woke, political , feel good groups.

1.0
Aug 16, 2023

Would not recommend

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Pros

Free cafeteria food during COVID, smart coworkers (although underpaid), nice mac laptops

Cons

Where to start... employees scramble for allocation to fill their timesheet or are asked to take vacation hours, should a company that can't give employees 40 hrs of work be hiring? I had a more steady schedule when I was a babysitter. Unethical termination practices- promises to keep employees on statuses then revoked without notice. Clear payroll issues but higher ups aren't willing to make changes so everyone suffers slowly. Not worth it, recommend seeking employment elsewhere, even the government itself is more organized.

1.0
Aug 11, 2023

Cull Employees Often (CEO)

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Pros

Pockets of interesting work that also exists elsewhere in the market. A 'trusted' relationship as a 'non-for-profit' with government sponsors. Access to many government organizations that individual companies don't likely have.

Cons

First, the overwhelming negative reviews are correct. No need to reproduce them here in detail; only a quick acknowledgment: (Paraphrased: CEO sucks, attrition is off the charts, disdain for senior/knowledgeable/technical employees, no training budget, reduced benefits, and a race to the bottom.) Second, the occasional 5.0 positive reviews that are interlaced here-and-there are clearly company HR representatives. There is no way an employee can be both conscience and honest to rate the CEO or culture at MITRE as 'good'. The CEO rating is a weighed average and he's dropped 20 percent over the last year. For you math folks, that's a LOT of recent zero ratings right there. Rather, this review is meant to serve as a public service announcement to those seeking employment at MITRE. Don't do it. I haven't met you, I don't know you, but I know you deserve better. RUN. Currently, 1 out of 3 MITRE employees have been with the company for more than 3 years. Those of us 'old MITRE' are actively looking (and finding) other opportunities outside of MITRE. This is going to make it harder for those of you that are coming newly to MITRE. The MITRE back-plane (management, project leaders, group leaders, department managers, etc.) are evaporating. The people that are now filling those roles are inexperienced. They mean well, but they don't have the wisdom yet to know what they've signed up for. They will be burning themselves out; guaranteed. This churn will not serve you the new employee well.

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