Highly political environment. There is definitely a ‘good old boys’ network here where grooming occurs. I don’t mean mentoring, I mean selections early on. It’s rare to see the hardest working person get to the top. It’s normally the people who are heavy in marketing themselves and are comfortable putting their names on others work. If you are fine with being a churner who gets little to no credit, this will be fine for you. The CEO is not liked overall. Bad leadership and very political. They would have these ‘Covid update’ calls where half the time it was comments that had nothing to do with Covid. I recall one of his executive leaders make a statement like ‘now that we have a good president in charge…’. This was over a phone call where all employees were invited. After I left, vaccines were forced on employees by the CEO (vaccinate or quit). The entire MIP (mitre internal research) program is a joke. It’s completely political. I used to be told I have to encourage new employees to submit ideas knowing very well they had almost no chance of getting it. The same people win every year and they get it because they are in the same department as the area leads (those who make the decisions). Salaries are not competitive with market BUT the benefits are very generous. Job security is a pro but they keep some pretty poor performers due to it. Promotions take forever. It’s hard to move up the chain. Some people leave the company then come back several years later just for the promotion.
