MITRE Systems Engineering and Program Management reviews

It does not appear from the evidence that the Directors/SVPs and Board have ever run an actual business that had to sell a product. Company resembles a fighter plane throwing chaff, lest the adversaries get a clean shot. Difficult to fix a company with this much dysfunction by quadrupling the executive staff while contract revenue is static at best. That creates chaos, gossip, and jockeying for position from the executive staff on down. Bloating the number of execs is a time-honored tactic for companies on the way down: CEO brings on cronies to serve as tight ends, or upon whom to deflect blame. They're paid well enough that it is immaterial, comes with the territory. Mission focus is lost. Since one of the Board jobs is to bring in business, they don't seem to be doing too well at that, either.

Downsides include: - A perception that MITRE is the best and no other company knows as much (not reality) - The fact that MITRE organizationally reflects many of the bad characteristics (stovepiping) of the sponsors we support - The unwillingness of management to terminate poor performers and reward top performers (lots of dead weight) - The fact that people stay forever so there advancement opportunities can come slowly