Great place to work if you want stability and job security but little chance of advancement or competitive salary - Systems Administrator MIT Employee Review

4.0
Mar 5, 2015
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Pros

Great benefits, job security, connect with brilliant people, fantastic time off/sick policies.

Cons

Working with outdated technology due to limited vision of IT leadership. Pay scale generally 20% lower than what you would get in the non-education sectors. Limited to no advancement in most areas. Salary increases tied to a set percentage across the board not based on performance. You can literally being doing the job of three people and get paid the same as you'd get to do one of them with another Institution in the area.

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