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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mitre was a powerhouse only a few years ago and now it's laying off folks and struggling to keep their buildings. Jesus.[/quote]

Not really because Mitre grew too quickly and hired more staff than positions open. Also, in its early years, Mitre hired very technical engineers, SMEs and specialized staff but as it grew and evolved, Mitre took on similar work as for-profit government contractors and hired from the same pool of candidates (contract staff and former feds). But, as PPs pointed out, FFRDC staff carry a lot of overhead to perform similar work.
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This sounds kind of similar to what is happening at RAND. The current CEO (ironically also named Jason) has hired technical staff to quickly grow into AI policy, which all caries a lot of overhead. The only difference is that for some reason RAND's CEO took their FFRDCs for granted thinking they would always be printing money. Philanthropy became the primary focus. Under Trump, this approach has been a disaster and we seem to be headed for some serious RIFs.[/quote]

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