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      4.4

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (4,258 total reviews)

      Sally Kornbluth

      90% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      MIT has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,258 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MIT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Oct 15, 2008

      A great place to be from

      Postdoctoral fellow
      Recommend
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      Pros

      It is a great place to be from, but not a great place to be at.

      Cons

      The social situation is sometime exactly what you would expect from MIT. There is a huge level of competition, but not necessarily a whole lot of positive feedback

      2.0
      Sep 27, 2008

      Hit or miss

      Postdoctoral
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Get to work with really bright people including other full-time researchers, graduate students and professors. If your career goal is to end up in academia, working here is definitely a resume booster. For self motivated people starting and working on pet projects (on your own time which could mean weekends) is relatively easier and this is definitely not discouraged. You can tap into the vast resources of the MIT campus including a state of the art athletic facility. As an added bonus Cambridge is a great place to work that's also hosts a large number of tech companies so networking is easier.

      Cons

      Job is extremely dependent on the projects or research group. You could be at the bleeding edge of R&D or end up doing routine work.

      4.0
      Aug 30, 2008

      Great place to do research, though highly competitive

      Graduate student researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great exposure to great and brilliant people. There is a huge sense of empowerment here, so people feel really motivated to accomplish some pretty amazing things. Everyone here is excited about research and innovation, and it certainly provides a motivating atmosphere here. Over the past 4 years here as a grad student, I have noticed that upper administration is more strongly promoting well-roundedness.

      Cons

      Really competitive, for the most part. People will generally help you out, but not as much as you'd like. There's certainly a culture of working until you drop and bragging about your work loads, even though almost everyone here is equally busy.

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