It is ok. - Anonymous employee MIT Employee Review

3.0
Mar 26, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You can put MIT on your resume.

Cons

I found colleagues to be very flat without a life outside of work. Employees don't move around into other positions due to a culture of feeling disloyal. As a result, folks are very burned out and have little interest in their work and life.

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Brilliant colleagues A good degree of research independence Research funding sufficient for running experiments

Cons

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