MIT Reviews in Boston, MA Area

Pros

Work with the smartest people in the world.

Cons

Hard to stay open-minded.
Sometimes people are compartmentalized to fit into a pigeon hole.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication across discipline from the fundamental level.

Pros

1. publish papers
2. got visibility
3. good for international students/scholars if they want to move to USA (or back to be be a faculty member)
4. might be able to get a child who is born in the US (with US citizenship)
5. research work which is time consuming but not very stressful
6. establish good relationship with wide range of scholars

Cons

1. Not stable job so need to move to the formal position as soon as possible
2. work with students who might not be professional (neither hard worker)
3. Low salary
4. Low social state
5. No benefit package
6. No free insurance package
7. poor life style according to the relatively long working hours to take care expts/research issues
8. may lost your job/life after a few years of postdoc without finding a proper faculty position

Advice to Senior Management

1. Good business to let the international scholars who like to be in the us to do the researches

Pros

Mature, dedicated atmosphere. Very helpful people.

Cons

Decisions can come about slowly... Must be the academic atmosphere!

Advice to Senior Management

You guys do a great job!

Pros

Smart people
High reputation in the all universities

Cons

work work work
if you want to success, you have no weekend

Pros

Phenomenal reputation and ability to attract research dollars

Cons

Clueless as to how to treat highly credentialed non-faculty researchers

Advice to Senior Management

Look at high companies out there who have labs to figure out how to make a career track for non-faculty researchers

Pros

Working at MIT lets you learn and network with top notch colleagues. In addition, you'll have access to some of the best facilities in the world, with reputational access to funding sources.

Cons

high cost of living area
cold climate
sub-par compensation

Pros

The people are amazing and incredibly innovative. Research is top notch and has real impacts on the world. There is also a great sense of community.

Cons

Can be quite stressful at times.

Pros

The best place to build your carrier for your future position

Cons

Too competitive and cheap environment

Pros

It is the best recognized institute in my field.

Cons

It is a competitive environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Just go on doing the good work that you are doing.
Have less administrative staff and bureaucracy.

Pros

Some of the best people in the world are here, and the most up to date technology is at your fingertips.

Cons

MIT is a sometimes dreary place where people seem to be just getting by emotionally, rather than thriving as you might expect given the resources available. Laughter and whimsy seem to be in short supply.

Advice to Senior Management

Not in a position to answer