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      Diversity challenged - Lead Systems Engineer MITRE Employee Review

      1.0
      16 Jun 2020
      Lead systems engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Work life balance was great

      Cons

      Lack of diversity. There were only a handful of black technical staff with more than 2000 employees based out of Bedford, MA. Disappointing to say the least. I never felt accepted, always felt singled out, and I was significantly underpaid. Certainly felt the racism there. They could make an effort to fairly promote and pay; equal pay equal opportunities. They lack black VPs, Technical directors, level 7s and board members.

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      MITRE Response
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      We believe your comments related to diversity at MITRE are inaccurate, and we do not tolerate any discriminatory behavior. We continue to deliver on the diversity pledge our CEO has made as part of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, along with 150+ CEOs nationwide. By cultivating and fostering inclusive and diverse teams, we deliver innovative solutions to our sponsors and partners that serve the public interest and make the world a safer place. If you have a specific complaint, please contact our Office of Ethics and Compliance, ethics@mitre.org. If you prefer to remain anonymous, we recommend that you contact our employee hotline (800-MITRE-4U) or online reporting service (mycompliancereport.com).

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      5.0
      26 Jun 2026
      Lead scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      People are smart and cares about the work

      Cons

      Changes in government contract and dependence on contract makes finding work unstable

      3.0
      23 Jan 2023
      Employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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