Pros

The Good - outstanding benefits package and work-life balance! Company President and Board of Trustees appear to be making sound strategic moves to position MITRE for future turbulence in the defense industry. The President is keeping employees informed and has received high marks in the employee blog.

Cons

The Bad - middle managers who make promotion decisions based on personality and favoritism. The Peter Principle is alive and well at MITRE, although there are some middle managers who are actually good leaders as well.

Advice to Senior Management

The Ugly - look for those people who have been doing solid, contributing work for years who never receive recognition - also, open the MITRE Innovation Program to more people by limiting the number of MIP projects that one person can be on at one time and limit the number of years that a person can be on MIP funding - some people have made a career of research projects, while others are doing the direct project work for the sponsors.