Research Assistant - Graduate Research Assistant MIT Employee Review

1.0
Sep 29, 2013
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Pros

Great education. Diligent and smart students. Good research resources. Plenty research related activities such as seminars, conferences, talks, etc. Great basic health care and maternity care.

Cons

Work load on research is very heavy. Exposed to high risk and high pressure but received very low compensation. Salary is not enough for sending an infant to a daycare center. Small working space. No dental insurance.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

High quality core facilities and well resourced labs. Countless brilliant colleagues who can serve as mentors and collaborators

Cons

Students and Postdocs are expensive due to high overhead, so unreasonably high productivity is often expected compared to other institutions. PIs are typically stretched very thin. Most departments/labs are very space limited which makes it harder to do safe and productive research.

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