FFRDCs

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Anonymous wrote:Agreed and the same to MITRE. Adrift at sea and the nepotism won't save them. Very sad

The massive internal management issues and bloat aside, the government needs to decide how they want to use mitre. If gov doesn't want tough answers to hard problems then the corporation will continue to whither...how long can it last in this state?

Mitre moved deeply into the generic SETA space under Jason's "growth no matter what" policy. That has been their biggest single problem. Their offerings just aren't that different from Amentum or ManTech these days - with only a very few genuine technical SMEs as exceptions.

Mitre needs to shrink, hire fewer new grads, and hire more genuine technical experts to get back to their original competency - expertise that is not available elsewhere.

They moved into SETA category because their own employees were not bringing anything new by being scientific advisors and SETA is the only category they saw growth in. Most of the staff is outdated in technology and still spends majority of their time writing reports. I had to let 3 guys go from MITRe because their bosses would compel them to write reports and waste time.

Did you give them feedback? Did you give them tasks that were more relevant to you? I keep seeing posts on this thread about people being dissatisfied with the work. It is up to the government to write appropriate task orders and scope the work in alignment with their needs. Otherwise it's a huge waste of time for everyone.

The government did it correctly. The FFRDC mostly assigned kids without experience plus one older non-expert (who kept chest thumping about being a SME). They chose not to course correct after receiving feedback. They lost the work and were replaced by highly-qualified experts from elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please, the only thing holding anyone captive in Pentagon City is your desperate need to simp for failed leadership while the rest of us actually notice the ship sinking....

My problems with RAND are longstanding and also the reason I'm not there. See how that goes?

It's so much worse now than when you were there and I don't even need to know exactly when that was.

But then why are you still there? If it's loyalty and mission, give yourself the gift of leaving and it will be amazing. But if it's that you don't have anywhere to go that matches RAND for salary/prestige, then RAND isn't really the issue.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please, the only thing holding anyone captive in Pentagon City is your desperate need to simp for failed leadership while the rest of us actually notice the ship sinking....

My problems with RAND are longstanding and also the reason I'm not there. See how that goes?

It's so much worse now than when you were there and I don't even need to know exactly when that was.

But then why are you still there? If it's loyalty and mission, give yourself the gift of leaving and it will be amazing. But if it's that you don't have anywhere to go that matches RAND for salary/prestige, then RAND isn't really the issue.

Different person here. Once you reach a certain level, you can’t simply step down in the middle of a major crisis.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please, the only thing holding anyone captive in Pentagon City is your desperate need to simp for failed leadership while the rest of us actually notice the ship sinking....

My problems with RAND are longstanding and also the reason I'm not there. See how that goes?

It's so much worse now than when you were there and I don't even need to know exactly when that was.

But then why are you still there? If it's loyalty and mission, give yourself the gift of leaving and it will be amazing. But if it's that you don't have anywhere to go that matches RAND for salary/prestige, then RAND isn't really the issue.

Different person here. Once you reach a certain level, you can’t simply step down in the middle of a major crisis.

If you're at a certain level, I would hope you're not one of the people trashing your employer who you clearly loathe, so you're not who I'm talking about.

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When your leadership is this incompetent, the only option left is to speak up while you still cann.

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Anonymous wrote:When your leadership is this incompetent, the only option left is to speak up while you still cann.

Speak up TO THEM. And then if it's that bad, leave and write something about it.

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Anonymous wrote:When your leadership is this incompetent, the only option left is to speak up while you still cann.

Speak up TO THEM. And then if it's that bad, leave and write something about it.

Who is them?

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Anonymous wrote:When your leadership is this incompetent, the only option left is to speak up while you still cann.

Speak up TO THEM. And then if it's that bad, leave and write something about it.

From where I’m sitting, leadership seems too focused on defending their failed strategy to really listen.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please, the only thing holding anyone captive in Pentagon City is your desperate need to simp for failed leadership while the rest of us actually notice the ship sinking....

My problems with RAND are longstanding and also the reason I'm not there. See how that goes?

It's so much worse now than when you were there and I don't even need to know exactly when that was.

But then why are you still there? If it's loyalty and mission, give yourself the gift of leaving and it will be amazing. But if it's that you don't have anywhere to go that matches RAND for salary/prestige, then RAND isn't really the issue.

Different person here. Once you reach a certain level, you can’t simply step down in the middle of a major crisis.

If you're at a certain level, I would hope you're not one of the people trashing your employer who you clearly loathe, so you're not who I'm talking about.

You sound like RAND leadership. If you are leadership, I would hope you would spend your time keeping us solvent instead of responding to posts on a mommy forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heard CNA CEO announced retirement.

If so, it's because of the other division, IPR (the gov contracting arm), that she kept propped up for many years. The senior VP and other VPs are not bringing in true government contracting work.

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CNA should close IPR and eliminate 1 layer of management. The whole FFRDC is less than 600 people.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please, the only thing holding anyone captive in Pentagon City is your desperate need to simp for failed leadership while the rest of us actually notice the ship sinking....

My problems with RAND are longstanding and also the reason I'm not there. See how that goes?

It's so much worse now than when you were there and I don't even need to know exactly when that was.

But then why are you still there? If it's loyalty and mission, give yourself the gift of leaving and it will be amazing. But if it's that you don't have anywhere to go that matches RAND for salary/prestige, then RAND isn't really the issue.

Different person here. Once you reach a certain level, you can’t simply step down in the middle of a major crisis.

If you're at a certain level, I would hope you're not one of the people trashing your employer who you clearly loathe, so you're not who I'm talking about.

You sound like RAND leadership. If you are leadership, I would hope you would spend your time keeping us solvent instead of responding to posts on a mommy forum.

lol!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please, the only thing holding anyone captive in Pentagon City is your desperate need to simp for failed leadership while the rest of us actually notice the ship sinking....

My problems with RAND are longstanding and also the reason I'm not there. See how that goes?

It's so much worse now than when you were there and I don't even need to know exactly when that was.

But then why are you still there? If it's loyalty and mission, give yourself the gift of leaving and it will be amazing. But if it's that you don't have anywhere to go that matches RAND for salary/prestige, then RAND isn't really the issue.

Different person here. Once you reach a certain level, you can’t simply step down in the middle of a major crisis.

Well that's not true.

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Anonymous wrote:Heard CNA CEO announced retirement.

If so, it's because of the other division, IPR (the gov contracting arm), that she kept propped up for many years. The senior VP and other VPs are not bringing in true government contracting work.

Based on her CNA website bio she’s at least in her mid sixties. Sometimes people decide to retire.