MITRE Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

2.7

25% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)
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Mark Peters

73% approve of CEO

8% positive business outlook

Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 139 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have an average working experience there. MITRE is rated 26% below average by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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139 reviews
3.0
Dec 11, 2024

New CEO is an improvement

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Pros

Once a great company with strong engineering roots, hiring and promoting practices have diluted that…

Cons

DEI, nepotism and internal networks have diluted strong technical leadership. 50% staff turnover in last 4 years have lowered the bar on experienced technical talent that customers demand. Rising costs are driving some long time customers away.

4.0
Nov 19, 2024

Hopeful

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Pros

Intellectual colleagues, sponsor, mission, locations, new CEO

Cons

Residual issues from previous CEO, autocratic leadership versus the necessary servant leadership

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MITRE Response
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MITRE is proud and humbled to have your talent for over the last two decades – a testament to your ability to deliver impact in the public interest. It is this breadth and depth of our talent that makes MITRE a premier FFRDC operator as we partner across government and industry in the fields of health, cyber, justice, Veterans affairs, social innovation, government modernization, and security and intelligence. Our employee’s feedback is extremely valuable to us, and we appreciate your advice to management and will continue to ensure that our culture of mission first, people always is tangibly embodied at all levels of our organization.
2.0
Oct 3, 2024

Principal Engineer

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Pros

The “people” at MITRE are good and mission focused, especially the tenured people. I think they do a good job of promoting work life balance.

Cons

Leadership is absolutely toxic, out of touch, fiscally irresponsible, and competitive amongst each other. Relationships are transactional and fear-mongering and this culture trickles down to all employees.

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