MITRE Reviews

Former Employee – worked at MITRE full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Work/Life Balance
- Mobility (i.e. remote reachback to corporate network)
- 401 (a) matching
- Certain individuals willing to work with you to succeed

In my time at MITRE, when I actually had good MITRE work to focus on, I could easily focus on how to leverage internal resources to provide value to sponsors. In certain difficult situations, there seemed to be a consensus as to providing legitimate opportunities to succeed within the company.

Cons – - Unclear direction in certain work programs
- Too much reliance on traditional ways of doing business
- Inability to clearly define FFRDC role to most sponsors
- No clear direction on progressing from certain managers

Seems to be a communication issue among DHs in different divisions. A consistent problem programs are running into is the type of work requested by the sponsors, which in turn puts MITRE in a difficult position when it comes to justifying its requirements in order to support said sponsors. Management needs to be approachable when dealing with issues along with working with employees to get into positions quickly.

Advice to Senior Management – - Like the concept behind the MITRE Way, but there needs to be more accountability brought into the process, especially at the MTS 5-6 levels.
- Better clarification on how to progress from the MTS 2-3 levels upward, recommendations are extremely vague.

Understand that things are getting tighter due to the sequester. To that end, there needs to be a truly concerted effort with the MITRE Way to effectively manage work across all of the work programs. What is really troubling is the lack of understanding that many sponsors have in terms of the value that MITRE provides them. MITRE is not a body shop that can fill certain roles at a moment's notice, nor should the sponsors try to influence the types of people whose skills are being brought to bear from MITRE to help meet their mission.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MITRE full-time

Pros – Great retirement, health insurance, friendly co-workers.

Cons – I'd rather not comment on this.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MITRE full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible hours, good benefits, make easy for commute.

Cons – Just another contractor with short task period, undefined scope.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MITRE full-time

Pros – MITRE has great corporate policies of valuing their employees. They have great employee benefits and internal resources to create high-quality products, and to serve the government well. I believe many divisions within MITRE are great places to work. Collaborative environment with mostly very bright people.

Cons – A couple of weeks after the CEO of MITRE proclaimed to all employees that the company's last resort would be RIFs, 100 or more people were RIF'd. This is indicative of the unmet promises at MITRE. The leadership is changing, and the great corporate policies no longer hold true.

My personal experience at MITRE was horrible -- and I do mean horrible -- due to the politics and morale. People don't talk to each other in the hallways. It's a very unfriendly place to work. Direct supervisors give no direction to employees. Politics govern most decisions, and very hostile work environments are well known -- and remain -- while senior management does nothing about it.

I think MITRE does an excellent job of thoroughly outlining project requirements, procedures, standards, etc., for projects for customers. But, to my amazement, I saw no evidence that MITRE has ever done this internally. They need to listen to their own advice!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MITRE full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Matching Retirement plan
Telecommuting available
In house training programs

Cons – Benefits are going down hill
outplacement service lacking in job placement
CAASD SMT has lost sight of the real work

Advice to Senior Management – Get back to finding the work other companies have been taking away while you wait for the FAA to approach you the work is going else where.

– I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MITRE full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – light work hours, academic environment

Cons – Not nearly as impactful to the government as claimed

Advice to Senior Management – if your staff cannot prove how they effect the government's bottom line annually, clean house

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at MITRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – Interesting technology work
Great people
Able to act as trusted advisor to federal government
Great benefits

Cons – Most work is advisory or R&D in nature
Technical staff often do not have ability to take idea and see it through to live (other firms in industry are hired by government to do that).

Advice to Senior Management – Enable employees on beach to help firm develop more relationships (and projects) with civilian government

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MITRE full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great work/life balance. Great people.

Cons – Getting more and more "corporate" vs "service to the nation." They now have five Federally Funded Research and Development Corporations (FFRDC) under the MITRE Corporation. Benefits have decreased and aren't as outstanding as they were 10 years ago.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MITRE full-time

Pros – Work in public interest, service to country. Great benefits and professional development opportunities.

Cons – In its effort to implement measures to stay competitive, it is losing its non-competitive, traditional FFRDC culture.

Advice to Senior Management – Say no to work not aligned to FFRDC values

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MITRE full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – A flexible environment filled with friendly people who are willing to lend their experience and teamwork. Offers great resources for improvement and has an open work culture.

Cons – Sometimes projects are dropped with little to no warning and I feel that there could be more direction given by the management, but otherwise it is fine. There is nothing really wrong or lacking.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend