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      3.2

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (503 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

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      22% positive business outlook

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      3.0
      May 28, 2014

      Good work life balance; slow advancement

      Lead simulation modeling engineer
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      Pros

      Excellent culture - work life balance is great, 40 hour workweek is the norm, vacation is encouraged. Very interesting technical problems.

      Cons

      Compensation is slightly lower than one could earn in the private sector, though the $/hour is higher. Technical promotion track is lacking; there is a very large management promotion bias. Government sponsors can be slow in responding to new ideas, this sometimes trickles down to MITRE.

      4.0
      May 9, 2014

      10+ years at MITRE

      Principal information systems engineer
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      Pros

      - MITRE Internal Research and Development Program (MIP) - Decent benefits but used to be a lot better (time off and PTO) - Ability to grow and create your own opportunities, if in the right group - Broad gov't customer base (growing in Healthcare; multi-agency) - Smart and highly educated people - Trusted and respected advisors to the gov't (in a fair number of cases) - Opportunities to make significant difference for this nation

      Cons

      - Pay can be low for junior staff in certain technical fields (i.e. Computer Science) and no mechanism to correct over time; has caused significant turnover in junior staff - No real technical growth path, rising requires taking on management responsibility - Top heavy on management that have almost no technical focus - Most management lack appreciation and knowledge of real technical contributions - Working hard does not necessarily equal more reward

      5.0
      Apr 12, 2014

      Great place to work!!

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great work/life balance. Immediate respect in any setting thanks to MITRE's reputation. MITRE gets called on to come solve hard problems. When the problems are fixed, we move on, so opportunities for new work abound... hard to ever imagine someone getting bored or stuck on a bad program for a long time. Retirement and benefits package is excellent; pay is reasonable for the workload. Great facilities and great people - I couldn't be happier (and I've been here nearly 10 years so far).

      Cons

      Promotion rates and pay raises, overall, are pretty slow. Lots depends on your department when it comes to promotions...some are just flat.

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