Assistant that does all the work but gets paid the least - Development and Administrative Assistant MIT Employee Review

4.0
Oct 16, 2025
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Pros

benefits, environment, room to grow

Cons

very de-centralized, no formal onboarding staff, figure-it-out-yourself mentality makes things hard to do. Leadership is hard to please at times and things require a lot of approval and review

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Pros

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Cons

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