Anonymous wrote:As each week goes by, CNA struggles even more.

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I love how this one (I assume) disgruntled ex-CNAer periodically tries to jump into the middle of the RAND/Mitre bashing.

“Guuuys! Come on! CNA sucks too!”

“Who?”

Anonymous wrote:As each week goes by, CNA struggles even more.

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Anonymous wrote:Check out the Glassdoor reviews for MITRE. That place is messy.

Most employees despised the previous CEO, his constant talk of “growth,” attempts to stand up “alt-FFRDC” business lines, and his tone-deaf, foot-in-mouth communication style on many company-wide CEO calls. He explicitly encouraged the mess that was made on Glassdoor. Such an out of touch jerk.

New CEO seems like a breath of fresh air. Even before the Trump administration took office, we’re hearing about better focus on appropriate FFRDC work (e.g., emerging technologies and approaches, work with high risk of failure that others might avoid, hands-on prototyping that transitions to industry quickly), raising the bar very high on technical quality, and differentiation from other beltway contractors.

MITRE has always said no to plenty of work the government asks us to do because it’s not a good fit for our FFRDC role. I think that approach is going to increase, even with the government-driven contractions that are underway.

Glassdoor reviews will likely improve over time.

Sounds like RAND right now. Our new CEO is all about growth, AI, and is focused on alt-FFRDC work to the point where I wonder if they even want their FFRDCs anymore.

It is a very good thing for the organization that they diversified in terms of funding sources over the last few years. It will still be very painful for them if the FFRDCs are cut or eliminated, but it will not be existential.

Anonymous wrote:Is the rumor about a journalist poking around real? Curious if anyone’s actually heard from her or if it's all just noise.

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Anonymous wrote:MITRE has produced some great reports by real SMEs. Then the era of Jason and rapid growth came, and I've seen bids for work without SMEs lined up. "we'll figure it out" mentality. Junior and mid level staff start googling to get inputs for reports, instead of relying on institutional knowledge or SME backing.

That's not what they're being paid for. Quality of reports goes down. Sponsors notice. Gives MITRE a bad rep. Don't want to generalize for all of MITRE, just a small swim lane in national security.

You mean, a certain center?

Which center?

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Anonymous wrote:MITRE has produced some great reports by real SMEs. Then the era of Jason and rapid growth came, and I've seen bids for work without SMEs lined up. "we'll figure it out" mentality. Junior and mid level staff start googling to get inputs for reports, instead of relying on institutional knowledge or SME backing.

That's not what they're being paid for. Quality of reports goes down. Sponsors notice. Gives MITRE a bad rep. Don't want to generalize for all of MITRE, just a small swim lane in national security.

You mean, a certain center?

Anonymous wrote:MITRE has produced some great reports by real SMEs. Then the era of Jason and rapid growth came, and I've seen bids for work without SMEs lined up. "we'll figure it out" mentality. Junior and mid level staff start googling to get inputs for reports, instead of relying on institutional knowledge or SME backing.

That's not what they're being paid for. Quality of reports goes down. Sponsors notice. Gives MITRE a bad rep. Don't want to generalize for all of MITRE, just a small swim lane in national security.

Anonymous wrote:Indeed!

Anonymous wrote:MITRE has produced some great reports by real SMEs. Then the era of Jason and rapid growth came, and I've seen bids for work without SMEs lined up. "we'll figure it out" mentality. Junior and mid level staff start googling to get inputs for reports, instead of relying on institutional knowledge or SME backing.

That's not what they're being paid for. Quality of reports goes down. Sponsors notice. Gives MITRE a bad rep. Don't want to generalize for all of MITRE, just a small swim lane in national security.

Anonymous wrote:MITRE has produced some great reports by real SMEs. Then the era of Jason and rapid growth came, and I've seen bids for work without SMEs lined up. "we'll figure it out" mentality. Junior and mid level staff start googling to get inputs for reports, instead of relying on institutional knowledge or SME backing.

That's not what they're being paid for. Quality of reports goes down. Sponsors notice. Gives MITRE a bad rep. Don't want to generalize for all of MITRE, just a small swim lane in national security.