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      2.0

      8% would recommend to a friend

      (64 total reviews)
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      Mark Peters

      66% approve of CEO

      11% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.1

      Culture & values

      1.8

      Career opportunities

      1.4

      Senior management

      Principal Engineer employees have rated MITRE with 2.0 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Engineer professionals have a poor working experience there. MITRE is rated 45% below average by Principal Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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      64 reviews
      1.0
      May 24, 2026

      Ultimate betrayal

      Principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Had some interesting opportunities to join and start projects.

      Cons

      Tossed on the street despite being better than just about everyone I encountered in my time at MITRE.

      1.0
      Apr 8, 2026

      Going through existential crisis

      Principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - getting fewer but you can sometimes find work that is interesting and challenging - work life balance

      Cons

      - government sponsors are citing our high costs as an issue which has led to removal of experienced engineers off projects in favour of junior staff - inability of senior and executive leadership ranks to see that they are protecting their (expensive) peers on indirect budgets which add to our costs. - because of above two points, the experienced technical workforce is getting sidelined for a multitude of chiefs (of sll sorts), managing directors and directors. Somehow they have abundant funding while the technical workforce scrambles for work and budget. Irony is that expensive chiefs are telling technical staff to staff junior employees. Anyone have a mirror for them?

      3.0
      Oct 13, 2025

      Future Uncertain

      Principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      New CEO and senior leadership seem to be trying their best to stabilize the company.

      Cons

      No end in sight for how small the company will become and when RIF's will stop.

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