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      3.2

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (502 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

      73% approve of CEO

      22% positive business outlook

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      1.0
      Jan 23, 2015

      MITRE losing it way

      Principal engineer
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      Pros

      as an FFRDC (actually a holding company for multiple FFRDCs), MITRE _should_ appeal to technologists who are willing to sacrifice top-end wages for a job where they can have an impact (bad taste word when it comes to MITRE's FAA sponsor :-)) on government programs. opps, that doesn't sound all that "pro".

      Cons

      Under CEO Al Grasso and his push for "business" in non-DoD "customers", in the opinion of many MITRE employees, MITRE has lost it way. Now it is unlikely that a manager would walk away from "non-MITRE work". Has MITRE become just another Beltway Bandit? Sadly, the answer seems to be yes, unless Grasso chooses founding principles over his "lunch bunch"'s desire to follow in the footsteps of former CEO Barry "The Barry" Horowitz (sp?).

      2.0
      Jan 12, 2015

      Just like everyone else--a body shop focused on heads and revenue.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Better than average pay; average benefits; not particularly demanding schedules.

      Cons

      A "good ol' boys and girls" network of managers that places high stock in BS coupled with little concern for delivering quality services to federal agencies. As an FFRDC, MITRE was chartered to be an honest broker to the government, to include bringing assistance to agencies that lack the depth or breadth of talent to address internal concerns. Rather than focusing assistance on how to really help agencies deliver better value for taxpayers, the company regrettably uses its FFRDC status to feed off the weaknesses they were retained to rectify. Emphasis is on increasing revenue and protecting company headcount.

      3.0
      Dec 31, 2014

      Working at MITRE is mostly pretty good

      Information systems engineer, senior
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      Pros

      As a technical center employee, there is a lot of variety of important and interesting work. MITRE work is for the public interest, which is good, because it is shared with industry and government A lot of very intelligent and good people to work with Decent benefits, although they have decreased over the years

      Cons

      Upward mobility is difficult. It is not enough to be very good at your job and perform well. It is quite difficult to get promoted. Many people leave MITRE and then come back in order to get a promotion. Pay is not that great. And raises are not that great. In spite of excellent reviews and being a consistent performer for 14 years, I haven't had a raise in six years and never been promoted.

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