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      Lack of strong leadership creates more work for everyone - Graduate Student Researcher MIT Employee Review

      3.0
      Apr 6, 2020
      Graduate student researcher
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      Pros

      Amazing peers, brilliant faculty, good community among grad students.

      Cons

      MIT is a stifling bureaucracy run by academics who were hired based on their research abilities, not their leadership qualities.

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      5.0
      Jun 20, 2026
      Phd graduate student
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      Pros

      Great School for doing a PhD

      Cons

      You have to do a PhD

      4.0
      Jun 19, 2026
      Postdoctoral associate
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      Pros

      Brilliant colleagues A good degree of research independence Research funding sufficient for running experiments

      Cons

      Research divisions are mostly uncoordinated Administrative support is more reactive than proactive

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