MIT Reviews

Current Employee – been working at MIT full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great working environment, good benefits, perfect city location, good campus, great funding, good researchers

Cons – High competition, PhD students sometimes too focused on their work (hard collaboration)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MIT as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Faculty members I worked with were very nice and helpful. The working environment was perfect to lead to good ideas and a good productivity. The infrastructures are amazing.

Cons – I wasn't paid at all. That's how it works for almost all the visiting students there. But they don't need too, it's a very nice bonus for your resumes so they people come even if they have to pay.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MIT part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Opportunity to interact with top quality scientists and perform cutting edge research.

Cons – Poor support for postdoctoral fellows in terms of benefits.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MIT part-time for more than a year

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.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MIT full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Appreciated by my supervisor and appreciate the work/life balance offered here.

Cons – Compensation and benefits. Corporate culture.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MIT full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Stimulating environment with a lot of excited people.

Cons – People can be slightly overly ambitious

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MIT full-time for more than a year

Pros – High level colleagues, prestigious, impressive infrastructural support. If you've got the talent, then the sky is the limit. Some commuter perks help reduce costs (small $).

Cons – This varies from individual department and boss, but MIT is not the most nurturing environment. People expect you to work all the time, and it is a high stress place.

Current Employee – been working at MIT full-time for less than a year

Pros – - Excellent working environment
- Lots of interesting people
- Good supervision by PIs
- Flexible working hours
- International community
- Excellent sports facilities

Cons – - Work-life balance
- Strongly oriented to 'fashion' topics in science
- Some groups paranoidal secretive
- Big Bang Theory in real life
- Some tenure professors expect insane workload

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MIT full-time for less than a year

Pros – Excellent benefits, Gym access, huge number of club sports. Free tuition to take one class per semester. Minimal paperwork. Constant free food and lectures.

Cons – Boston is cold. Housing in the area is very expensive. There are no real cons other than this one, sorry.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at MIT full-time for more than a year

Pros – MIT has a fantastic work environment and the best academic environment anywhere in the world. Highly recommended for a postdoc or a professorship.

Cons – The postdocs here don't have the same sorts of rights that they do elsewhere. A few that come to mind: gym membership costs are the same as staff rather than students, so $500/yr; the salary is a little low; and we have no consulting rights and the IP policy is definitely skewed in MIT's favor.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company