No longer inspiring - Anonymous employee MITRE Employee Review

3.0
Dec 2, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Opportunities to directly contribute to customers' missions

Cons

Increasing evidence that officers no longer care to engage and understand the substance of staff work. In fact, it appears that the officers, particularly the CEO are spending most of their (his) time to turn the company into a for-profit so that they (he) can cash out.

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MITRE Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. MITRE is a special place where people are driven by our work and our mission. We’re pleased that you feel that connection to our sponsors’ mission. Our leadership team remains focused on serving the public interest as a not-for-profit corporation, and on the work of solving the nation’s biggest challenges.

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