Great place to launch research career - Postdoctoral Research Associate MIT Employee Review

5.0
Feb 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A great place to start a research career. A stimulating research environment (of course), brilliant and kind colleagues, good benefits, and a decent salary for a postdoc. In hindsight, although I worked myself to the bone, nobody was monitoring my hours and so I could have had great work-life balance if I'd wanted.

Cons

My PIs were so in-demand/overburdened that I didn't get nearly as much 1:1 mentorship as I would have liked. I was also the only full-time researcher on my project, so the work was lonely at times. I'm guessing that is a common experience.

Explore other reviews about MIT

5.0
Jun 25, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great research opportunities in EECS

Cons

Can be difficult to manage claszes

4.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All