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      4.4

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (4,252 total reviews)

      Sally Kornbluth

      90% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 4,252 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
      Jul 19, 2022

      Graduate Student at MIT

      Phd graduate student
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great experience and networking overall. Experience depends solely on your individual lab group and mentor. Good technical training opportunities and great visibility for future employers. Very good for self motivated people looking to advance in a technical career or academia.

      Cons

      Bad at maintaining morale, minimal benefits, underpaid and overworked staff for a doctorate. Little oversight and feedback. Often isolating work with minimal positive feedback or constructive criticism.

      3.0
      Jul 16, 2022

      Postdoc

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice place to learn a lot

      Cons

      try to get a good mentor

      4.0
      Jul 15, 2022

      Graduate Student

      Graduate research assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some of the professors here are really stellar and one-of-a-kind, and you will learn a lot from them and from certain classes that you take here as a grad student! Also, the research labs and peer graduate students are ahead of most research so you will learn a lot from your peers too. Lastly, there are lots of opportunities here for entrepreneurship which is nice; the school makes it easy to jump-start ideas and obtain funding.

      Cons

      The graduate student experience is highly variable depending on who your PI is, or what your department is, as a grad student. You will either be miserable, or you will be extremely happy here, depending on the PI. The school appears to be trying to improve diversity, however within certain departments the professors and administration are doing a really awful job and many (diverse) students currently do not feel welcome and supported. Senior management appears to be relatively ok for MIT overall, however within certain departments, management doesn't seem to be doing a good job at all. Culture and values are mostly set by research labs (within research labs themselves); overall MIT culture is lacking. Certain select labs have excellent culture while others do not foster good culture at all and do not encourage ethical values / ethical research practices. Work/life balance is okay, and compensation is generally okay.

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