1,000 Life Science Research Assistant Jobs

“MSKCC is a non-profit medical research mecca with a very corporate attitude.”

Pros:  “-Great reputation among the academic community -Competitive pay and benefits compared to other regional counterparts (i.e. Mt Sinai, NY-Presby, Columbia, NYU, etc.) -Not a…”

Cons:  “They get what they pay for and then some. Although pay and benefits are very competitive compared to other large NON-PROFIT academic communities, MSKCC has a very…” – Full Review

“Great Place”

Pros:  “Great Pay, Great Schedule, Great People”

Cons:  “Parking is not readily available.” – Full Review

“It's nice to work in Life Technologies. You get lot's of opportunites to learn.”

Pros:  “1. Learning opportunities 2. Nice culture 3. Good product 4. Good management team”

Cons:  “There's always problem with big organziation. It's hard to make changes sometime.” – Full Review

“Great company to work for with the capability to do great things for the nation”

Pros:  “- Workforce contains high level of expertise and very intelligent individuals - Truly tries to serve in the best of the public's interest - Exposure to great work”

Cons:  “- The career advancement and promotion process is inconsistent - Hiring standards are not as highly selective as they use to be” – Full Review

“Great Place”

Pros:  “Great Pay, Great Schedule, Great People”

Cons:  “Parking is not readily available.” – Full Review

“Overall a positive experience.”

Pros:  “Great research staff, plenty of resources to accomplish research. Supervisor was very helpful and thorough.”

Cons:  “The bureaucracy, never got to interact directly with the PI. Just felt like a cog in the machine at times.” – Full Review

“nice place to work for a few years.”

Pros:  “Great people and very professional.”

Cons:  “Most of the people have worked there for more than 10 years...not much of innovation going on over there.” – Full Review

“The work is challenging and rewarding but the disorganization can be very frustrating at times.”

Pros:  “The compensation is great and the union ensures that graduate research assistants are not taken advantage of. I found the work challenging and learned a great deal from my…”

Cons:  “At times it can be difficult to balance deadline driven research with graduate studies. Also most academics have a lot of projects going on so the project…” – Full Review