Don't believe the training hype! Ever!! - Operations Technician MITRE Employee Review

2.0
12 Oct 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The company stays true to sticking closely to maintaining a work - life balance. Offer "free" opportunities to refresh skills or try new things with internal training.

Cons

Make sure you will be satisfied with your starting salary for a few years, because not only is the method of laddering disappointing, but unless you are personal friends with management you can forget opportunity for promotion within. Training provided is limited and overall lacks substance.

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MITRE Response
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Thanks for your review. It’s great to hear that you took advantage of some of the internal training opportunities that MITRE offers. We hope that our current employees will be pleased with the new performance and development process that aims to foster more meaningful development and growth conversations between employees and their management. It will also enable us to continue to keep our salaries competitive with the market.

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