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      4.4

      84% would recommend to a friend

      (521 total reviews)

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      Postdoctoral Associate employees have rated MIT with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 521 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Postdoctoral Associate professionals have an excellent working experience there. MIT is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Postdoctoral Associate professionals compared to other employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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      521 reviews
      5.0
      May 6, 2012

      great environment, great benefits, learned a lifetime worth of skills

      Postdoctoral fellow
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      Pros

      * at least in my dept. work/life balance was respected * lots of vacation time and many paid holidays including an extra day at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and some years, New Years, too. *interesting people, fascinating science and opportunities to hear lectures * extremely talented people to learn from * fantastic location on the Charles river * gold standard labs and science

      Cons

      * can be very bureaucratic with inside politics * not always great feedback to help guide performance * some labs were lax in following the rules, providing bad examples to others * loss of big picture, focussed on project at hand * campus area can be dangerous at night and early in the morning

      4.0
      Feb 4, 2012

      Great career development

      Postdoctoral research associate
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      Pros

      1. publish papers 2. got visibility 3. good for international students/scholars if they want to move to USA (or back to be be a faculty member) 4. might be able to get a child who is born in the US (with US citizenship) 5. research work which is time consuming but not very stressful 6. establish good relationship with wide range of scholars

      Cons

      1. Not stable job so need to move to the formal position as soon as possible 2. work with students who might not be professional (neither hard worker) 3. Low salary 4. Low social state 5. No benefit package 6. No free insurance package 7. poor life style according to the relatively long working hours to take care expts/research issues 8. may lost your job/life after a few years of postdoc without finding a proper faculty position

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