Good Mission - Principal MITRE Employee Review

4.0
Mar 6, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great mission, innovative work especially if you are in the technology space

Cons

Some pockets of leaders are too profit driven given it is a non-profit company, expectations for roles and responsibilities for same level and job class across the company varies, some toxic leaders, but not all. Over my 10 years at the organization, the work life balance is the worst it has ever been, they are now mandating and reprimanding employees for returning to the office a minimum set of days. Previously I have always been given the flexibility to meet my project and sponsor needs and that is no longer the case, I MUST be "butts in seat" and it is being monitored every pay period. It feels micro-managing to be told to walk around and talk to people. You can not force organic communication and relationship building through mandates and telling people when to walk, when to keep doors open, when to eat lunch with people, etc.

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5.0
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Pros

Good company, very supportive enviroment

Cons

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3.0
Jan 23, 2023
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Pros

Great diversity, quality of life and staff. Been with MITRE over 20 years.

Cons

Too many VP,s that are not held accountable. Company recently RIF'd 24 staff from FAA FFRDC, due to dropping gov't funding...yet company has significant number of VPs all sucking off of overhead. No attempt to manage money within the "leadership" ranks. Last year company went through a major business transformation...that failed...yet, VPs held staff accountable for reporting on a subpar system that lasted over 12 months. Could not even get business data to report to gov't for over 2 months, yet, person who was in charge of the business transformation is still at MITRE. If this happened to any other MITRE employee, they would've been gone. Oddly enough the person in charge of the business transformation is the CEOs brother. Amazing how that happens. He'll probably get a bonus because of his substandard performance. MITRE recently invested in opening up an office in Australia. All on company overhead. significant large numbers of VPs travelling out to "visit"...yet company has the audacity to reduce benefits as part of cost cutting measures. Company has now taken on a "for profit" mentality. It's all about delivery... so VPS and GMs can spend, spend, spend. Board of Directors should take a good look at what is happening and make some swift changes from the CEO on down. BOD should also implement an independent IG like entity to investigate what is seeming like waste, fraud and abuse by CEO, GMs and VPs. Time for the Fat Cats to get purged!!!

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