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 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

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

Pros – They have pretty good benefits, and a great work-life balance. You get to work with smart people on interesting projects.

Cons – The funding is mostly from the government, which in the current market isn't great. It can be hard to get people to collaborate effectively. You need to be able to manage yourself effectively.

Advice to Senior Management – Give small teams more financial freedom to make judgement calls based on their own needs.

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 as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great atmosphere. Very fun and motivational. Not in the city so the commute is easier.

Cons – Sometimes the work was difficult, but still worth it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company