MITRE reviews

You'll get 7-8 managers that refer to themselves as "leaders." Most of these self proclaimed intellectuals produce nothing of actual value and spend most days congratulating each other on how brave and diverse they are while sitting at home. This was even more pathetic when they were forcing junior employees to work on premise during covid.

Director-level+ leadership tends to drink/pour the corp cool-aid, which is tone-deaf and insulting to our intelligence to say the least. They recently updated their hybrid work model to include minimum 50% on-site time and a fixed in-office weekday for each sector, rather than something practical - like a minimum of two office days and letting depts/teams choose which in-office days work the best for them and the mission. Also, senior leadership has instituted layoffs and cut benefits significantly in recent years, which might be understandable for necessary cost control...but neither of these measures were applied to senior leadership.