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3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

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Mark Peters

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22% positive business outlook

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4.0
Dec 30, 2014
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Pros

Breadth of interesting work, quality of peers, retirement benefits, and work schedule flexibility. This is an environment that truly values *quality* work, something that can be hard to find in industry or at government contractor organizations.

Cons

Salaries are on the low end of spectrum, and the health care packages are pricey,

5.0
Dec 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

MITRE has some of the most passionate, mission-focused employees I have ever worked with in my career. The benefits for retirement are exceptional. Senior management is very thoughtful and caring about the workforce. The combined talent of the workforce is impressive.

Cons

Benefits are great, but skewed in value towards those further along in their careers. Pay is fair when considering base pay includes what most private sector companies pay separately as bonus and is not at risk as long as you are performing and contributing as expected. Pay banding at MITRE can be limiting to promotions and percieved advancement for those who are junior in their careers. Unfortunately, MITRE is a federally funded research and development center and is at the whim of its constituent's sponsors and Congress' budget battles.

3.0
Nov 20, 2014

Human Factors Jr

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Pros

The benefits here are amazing. From the insurance, educational assistance, 401k matching etc. The work life balance is great and the wealth of knowledge and SME available is unbelievable. The access to industry leading professional journals and state of the art equipment is also great. Compensation is competitive and the MITRE institute training classes are very nice.

Cons

Personal growth here is very very slow. The way promotions are chosen is by the top %10 of AC Levels. Long story short, sometimes only 1 person overall well get a promotion per department based on your AC Level. Unless you are in the right department, work is scarce and you have to personally scavange for projects. MITRE was in the top 100 places to work for 10 years, then quickly fell.

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