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L. Rafael Reif
“MIT postdoctoral fellow” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW2363024.htm
Current Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cambridge, MA
Pros – Opportunity to interact with top quality scientists and perform cutting edge research.
Cons – Poor support for postdoctoral fellows in terms of benefits.
2013-02-12 10:09 PST
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“UROP at MIT” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW2318603.htm
Former Undergraduate Researcher in Cambridge, MA
Pros – Students get paid to do work on campus and work with professors they respect. Many times they get very valuable experiences and great recommendations
Cons – The pay is very low (9.25/hr), and the online application process is rather difficult to access for some reason... There needs to be a clear THIS IS THE APPLICATION LINK on the webpage. Sometimes, the professors abuse students to do BS work. Not super common though.
Advice to Senior Management – There needs to be a clear THIS IS THE APPLICATION LINK on the UROP webpage.
2013-01-28 03:16 PST
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“Great place to work and inspired by work that takes place within the Institute.” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW2312377.htm
Current Senior Administrative Assistant in Boston, MA
Pros – Appreciated by my supervisor and appreciate the work/life balance offered here.
Cons – Compensation and benefits. Corporate culture.
2013-01-25 11:26 PST
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“Good PR, Rigid Bureaucratic Institution” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW2146020.htm
Current Visiting Scientist in Cambridge, MA
Pros – This is an amazing place to undertake consulting and depending on whom your PI is it can be a very good opportunity.
Cons – Boston/Cambridge is expensive. You need to supplement your income. MIT does not pay well because there is a 50% tax that goes to the MIT bureaucrats. There are probably at least 3 of them controlling what you do who contribute to the overhead expenses. There are a lot of "Queens and Kings" in every department because of poor leadership from the directors, deans and department heads.
Advice to Senior Management – MIT desperately needs management and mentorship towards its employees and students.
2012-11-19 05:10 PST
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“Great place to do graduate research” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW2104190.htm
Current Graduate Research Assistant At MIT in Cambridge, MA
Pros – MIT provides graduate students with challenging environment to do independent research. MIT has a broad courses that students can benefit from.
Cons – Cold weather is the major cons. If you want to attend graduate school at MIT, make sure cold weather is not your obstacle.
2012-11-02 07:45 PDT
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“MIT not a fun place to work” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW1890575.htm
Former Postdoctoral Fellow in Boston, MA
Pros – Cool access to technology
Lots of smart people
Cons – People are very asocial - as in won't have normal conversations with you - many do not have basic social skills
Very poorly managed
Salary was terrible and had to fight for every penny
Way worse on every level than Harvard
2012-08-27 10:22 PDT
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“worthwhile” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW1497256.htm
Current Employee in Cambridge, MA
Pros – you get to learn from the best
Cons – demanding working environment, no social life
Advice to Senior Management – none
2012-05-08 13:56 PDT
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“Intelligent environment, experience varies based on lab.” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW1492450.htm
Current Research Assistant in Cambridge, MA
Pros – Great resources, intelligent colleagues. Opportunities to work on cutting edge theory and applications.
Cons – Experience vary greatly based on what lab you are in. Some office spaces are very old and not updated. Sometimes not enough emphasis is placed on applications.
Advice to Senior Management – Spend some money on good offices. Dungeons do not facilitate creative thinking.
2012-05-06 13:44 PDT
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“Educative” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW1492855.htm
Current Postdoctoral Associate in Cambridge, MA
Pros – good university reputation, interaction with bright people
Cons – very low salary, cannot take initiatives
Advice to Senior Management – let people take more initiatives, increase salary
2012-05-06 18:21 PDT
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“Rocks if your faculty - challenging otherwise” /Reviews/Employee-Review-MIT-RVW1425191.htm
Current Employee in Cambridge, MA
Pros – Access to world class researchers and students.
Ability to do truly interdisciplinary work that has an impact.
Infrastructure support for both core and applied research
Cons – Limited promotions for research staff.
2012-04-04 10:56 PDT
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