“MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a friendly, academic environment in which many thrive”

Pros:  “There is so much to be done in the defense industry that the Laboratory has a wide array of projects and activities. Because these are problems that no one else has solved…”

Cons:  “I honestly have very few complaints about MIT Lincoln Laboratory. It was a great place for me to work, but it may not be for everyone. If you thrive on the…” – Full Review

“Think Twice before joining this staff”

Pros:  “At the time I was employeed, health care benefits for employees was the best reason to tolerate the atmosphere.”

Cons:  “Nepotism! Unfair "downsizing" Ineffective management, too many chiefs and not enough indians. Lack of salary increases, inability to manage money” – Full Review

“Some interesting work and a poor work/life balance”

Pros:  “Some of the projects are quite interesting because they are high profile, involve prototypes or pre-released products, or are truly interesting problems. Schedule can be…”

Cons:  “Project management is non-existent. Some of the projects are exceedingly boring. weekend work is often expected and career advancement is hugely based on luck…” – Full Review

“Intel is one of the best run companies”

Pros:  “Smart people, Innovation, Risk-taking, Result-orientation”

Cons:  “Too much confrontation between departments and employees” – Full Review

“interesting but challenge work”

Pros:  “a group of co-workers of very high professionalism. can work remotely whenever projects allow. very science and engineering focused working groups”

Cons:  “good level of pressure. often work longer than 40 hours a week on yourself. a fast pace working environment” – Full Review

“Wireless Engineer”

Pros:  “Excellent work environment and very smart people to work with”

Cons:  “very rapid changes in project and dependency on chip sales.” – Full Review

“They are trying their best but work is boring and one feels small and insignificant”

Pros:  “Turns out they are one of the best places as salary and benefits. A stable place Intel still in a very good financial position.”

Cons:  “One feels lost between so many thousands of employees. Intel is also a very conservative place when it comes to trying new things. I can understand that, as there…” – Full Review

“Amazing resources and opportunities, high pressure environment”

Pros:  “The faculty and financial resources are better than at any other academic research institute I know of (from conversations with peers). There is (for better or worse) quite a…”

Cons:  “The expectation to publish in high-impact journals creates a high-stress situation, since for the most part the research is conducted in very fast-moving fields.” – Full Review

“nice company to work in”

Pros:  “nice work environment, there's a lot of brilliant guys whom you can learn a lot from, good reputation”

Cons:  “too many people, hard to go up quickly :)” – Full Review