MITRE Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

CEO and SVPs are so disconnected from MITRE mission and MITRE employees it's laughable. The C-suite doesn't think things through. They made Labor Day a "flex holiday" only to find out that was illegal where the corporate headquarters are. They were dismissive of the impact that reducing number of holidays and PTO for long-term employees who were told to "research it". Research shows the company is worse than peer companies - or average at best. They don't answer the hard questions in all-hands. Employees are scared to ask hard questions for fear of hostile response. C-Suite claims to value diversity (to the point of being called woke by some employees). They don't actually do anything about it except ineffective training videos. I&D budgets were slashed showing how much they value diversity. Managers were given hiring goals over the last few years - ill-considered ones given how many staff are now struggling to find work. Layoffs have happened - most recent one notified people via email. More layoffs expected. Most of the senior staff saw this coming. No one in C-suite seemed to. Senior staff are leaving at an alarming rate.

-Managers seem focused on 'managing up', rather than supporting their staff -Communication within and between organizations is lacking -MITRE appears unable to decide whether it want to be an FFRDC or be a consulting services firm