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      3.2

      48% would recommend to a friend

      (2,658 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

      72% approve of CEO

      21% positive business outlook

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      4.0

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      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

      MITRE has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,658 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MITRE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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      5.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Open Environment with Great Opportunities

      lead multi-discipline systems engineer
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      Pros

      Flexible work environment that allows you to apply your strengths and stretch the application of your skills/knowledge. Ability and expectation that you will think before you blindly act. Ability to engage with senior leaders and proactively recommend changes.

      Cons

      Uncertain career progression path with inconsistent application of existing criteria. Hiring of experts late in their career with limited motivation to teach and apply their skills. Limited opportunities to attend training with demanding needs of the customer and existing internal policies.

      5.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Fantastic place to work.

      Senior software engineer
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      Pros

      MITRE treats their employees remarkably well - like human beings! In addition to fantastic benefits and pay, we are also treated with respect, our opinions are valued, and there is a great life/work balance encouraged.

      Cons

      The research program can be terribly political. If you're not part of the click it's extremely hard to get your research funded.

      2.0
      Jun 18, 2008

      MITRE... most of what you would expect from a government job

      Senior software engineer
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      Pros

      Mitre is a friendly place to work and has the same pluses as many other government related jobs. There is a high level of job security, which means you have to try pretty hard to be fired. You're not expected to work any more than 40 hours a week which leaves you time for doing things outside of work. The benefits are better than average and they have a very good retirement plan. They offer around 24 paid vacation days a year for a new hire (more after 5 years of service) and they are very willing to let you take these vacation days whenever you want.

      Cons

      There are really two major downsides to working at MITRE. First, you work for a non-profit organization that is not allowed to make or sell products. This means that you end up working on small prototyping efforts at best (dealing with government contractors at worst) that are never allowed to mature into something you can be proud of. The second major downside is the politics and bureaucratic mess that the government makes. The politics are frustrating because you find that there are many people in charge not because they're good at what they do, but because they knew the right person or worked in the right branch of the military. This leads to many frustrations if you're just trying to solve challenging technical problems. Much too frequently funding is cut or "redirected" because someone new in a higher up position simply can't understand why your work would be important or feels that you aren't branching out enough and including enough people from other departments or MITRE's off-site offices for your work to be valuable. The bureaucratic mess isn't even isolated to management or projects. If I need to order something for work as simple as a battery, mouse, etc. the expected turn around time is 4 weeks. This is not something that's really good for productivity.

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