MITRE Software Systems Engineer reviews

2.1

2% would recommend to a friend

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Mark Peters

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2.0
Nov 20, 2023

Keeps on getting worse

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Pros

Interesting projects to work on, your localized leadership is very supportive and able to help you, the people you work with daily are a treat to work with. Work is consistently available, albeit tough to find sometimes. Excellent for those fresh out of college to gain meaningful experience.

Cons

Executive leadership continues to make cuts for workers (reduced PTO accrual for those with 9+ years of service, reduced/worse benefits at a higher price, cutting holidays, removing trashcans from offices, awful RTO strategy, RIF'ing administrators and support staff) while increasing their own compensation and hiring meaningless VPs and SVPs on exorbitant salaries. Pay is below what you can get elsewhere which was fine when the job security and benefits made up for it, but as mentioned above is becoming less and less of a plus due to poor leadership.

2.0
Jan 19, 2023
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Pros

The direct mission we support to our government sponsors is high impact and can be very reawarding. I also enjoy working with my colleagues within my division.

Cons

I've been at MITRE for over a decade. Over the past few years the action which the officers have taken have given the appearance of moving away from our core DoD work to focus on healthcare and non-government work. Coupled with that is a disregard for our loyal staff who have put in several years of dedicated service. I first noticed it when they laid off several level 6s and 7s in 2020. More recently is the removal of any service anniversary recognition to include extra paid time off. This really stings as the long serving staff serve as the knowledge base for our work programs. When asking our officers, their responses are condescending and dismissive. I don't trust leadership as I hear that MITRE is in strong financial health, yet I hear that these changes are driven by the need to manage costs.

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