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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left MITRE for Fed. Worked in their DOD group. I could not stand the slow work. Mitre is great but the work you do is dependent on the customer’s level of engagement. If you just want to chill it’s perfect but if you are trying to make a difference I would stay away.

Mitre level 6 makes more than 200-220k. Level 5 is slightly above government SES. Level 6 you have to be department head or tech center project lead. Most people are at senior level 4 or level 5. [/quote]

Me too. MITRE -> Fed. MITRE is a big place. A lot of the work is really indistinguishable from work done by other staff augmentation contractors. There are exactly enough exceptions to this (and small pockets of really top notch technical expertise) to deny that and spin a great story about 'FFRDC difference'. Pay for GS-15/SES equivalent experience is a bit higher as PP says. Work life balance is pretty good, though it's definitely fewer holidays. I found that I needed to be constantly low-level hustling to line up whatever my next work was going to be ... my little fiefdom of MITRE had a lot of short term projects. I also got sick of the 'serving two masters' element of it. I was much more engaged with my customer than with my company management & leadership but as the PP notes, this really varies across the org and across the government space that engages with MITRE. [/quote]

Thanks PP - what is your sense of stability at MITRE? My biggest is fear leaving government and worrying about Job security. [/quote]

At Level 4/5, you don't really need to worry about being fired or laid off as long as you're a) not the bottom performer in your department (~50ish people) and b) have coverage a majority of the time. You might not love the work and at some point you might need to take some random project, but you'll stay employed. I left for career development, not any real concern about basic employment.

At the Level 6+ it is more corporate than it used to be -- there was a significant round of lay offs last summer and its the same leadership in place. The organization had gotten very bloated at that level and they did some much needed house cleaning, but it introduced more uncertainty.

In short, MITRE is less stable than the government ... but everything is less stable than the government. MITRE is pretty stable. [/quote]

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