4.0
Feb 1, 2016
Current employee, more than 3 years
Cambridge, MA
Recommend
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Pros
Pretty decent benefits, salary raises can be good, if your boss/PI are on top of things. Raises come once a year, and if your boss stalls on submitting paperwork you can be pushed off onto the next cycle. Commuter benefits, nice buildings, smart people.
Cons
Often expected to work long hours. Bosses can be incompetent about doing reviews in a timely manner which can impact your ability to get raises. If you're working at MIT but funded through a grant, and then switch to direct funding they will match your salary, but you are SOL if your funding source had better benefits. My whole department basically had a 20% cut when that happened. They also will use temps for years instead of hiring real employees. Real moral killer.