Life as a Postdoc - Postdoctoral Fellow MIT Employee Review

5.0
Nov 21, 2023
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Pros

I couldn't love it more. Great mentors, lots of funding, more job security than most post-doc positions, interesting work, smart people, great community.

Cons

Honestly, can't think of any. Maybe the salary.

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5.0
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Pros

Great research opportunities in EECS

Cons

Can be difficult to manage claszes

4.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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.

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