Working at MITRE in McLean, VA: 13 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in McLean, VA Area

"My current employer is an excellent place to work."

"I have worked for the MITRE Corporation for over 7 years. Work life balance is good, but otherwise the company is stagnating, far too much management overhead and confusion about what the company really wants to focus on."

"A new start for the company contract, a major lifestyle sacrifice for my family. Great people to work with and a decent campus. Fantastic cafeteria, perfecting processes and modernization on the horizon."

"MITRE provides an excellent work/life balance, and mostly everyone there is genuinely interested in doing meaningful work for the public good."

"MITRE is a great company that offers competitive salaries, work/life balance, and opportunities to develop capabilities to solve the most challenging areas in technology."

"I worked with one of the best teams an entry level employee could ask for. MITRE is a great place for support for entry level professionals."

"MITRE has been a good employer for 13 years. In the last several years, however a combination of budget pressures, and attempts to resolve them, have cause MITRE's executive leadership to focus too heavily on cost-cutting and changing various aspects of the compensation package to more closely match industry standards. While most MITRE employees are compensated well enough that this doesn't affect them too badly, support staff such as I feels the pinch very strongly."

"A great innovative environment with few exceptions"

What do you like about working at MITRE?

"I love the environment that I work in. It encourages change, to think differently, and to never be afraid to ask questions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They should communicate properly with the Team Leads to see exactly they expect. And always read in between the lines."

What don't you like about working at MITRE?

"The inability to hold failures in leadership accountable and at times it seems that leadership is rewarded for incompetence"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest a 360 review for all management so that there can be some accountability."

What do you like about working at MITRE?

"Flexible work schedule. Challenging projects."

What don't you like about working at MITRE?

"Corporate culture is political, not meritorious. Corporate ethics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Shrink the company; it is bloated."

"Dull place to work, do not take this job unless you can't find anything better to do"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do not go to MITRE unless you can't find anything better to do"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn how to motivate, mentor, and guide people to shine."

"Great company for a young person starting out"

What do you like about working at MITRE?

"Great place to get your foot in the door, top notch research institute with access to all the latest technologies"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be enthusiastic"

What don't you like about working at MITRE?

"Very slow career unless you have a PHD"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Promote people based on skills not education"