MITRE reviews

Great benefits No need to focus on business development Good work-life balance You can work as hard or as relaxed as you dare to Management tends to respect employees People are generally very helpful and congenial On many teams, work is kept in perspective

MITRE offers a great balance of work & life, and most employees have flexible schedules and reasonable hours. New employees get 23 days of paid vacation per year, which increases to 28 days after 9 years. The retirement plan is very generous, as employees contribute 2% of salary to receive a matching 7.5% contribution from MITRE. The company encourages (and pays for) continuing education. It is a stable job environment with very low turnover, and layoffs are exceedingly rare. The company's management structure is not very complex, and a typical manager's role is to assist the subordinates in finding engaging projects, rather than to direct the employee's everyday activities. Generally, employees are provided with most of the resources they need to succeed at their job. There is often a lot of freedom for an employee to choose the types of work they perform, and MITRE does fund its own internal research program. MITRE doesn't produce or sell products, so researchers are usually able to spend more time on interesting science than on mass production or support of a product. Research is project-based (usually with more than one project at a time) which can help to prevent an employee from stagnating with the same daily tasks day in & day out.