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MIT Lincoln Laboratory

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Diverse and interesting work for national defense - Member Of Technical Staff MIT Lincoln Laboratory Employee Review

4.0
Jan 23, 2018
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Pros

* Continuous learning encouraged with opportunities galore * Diverse project landscape * Interesting and competent colleagues * Reasonable levels of self direction, and lateral moves within org are possible

Cons

* Performance assessment and pay raises very political * High pressure environment, sometimes too fast paced * Some groups have too many projects, people get spread thin supporting too many * Organization often accepts more $$/projects than it can reasonably execute well

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

It can vary a lot from group to group, but in general, wonderful place with wonderful people and lots of interesting work going on. Excellent benefits and lots of flexibility to explore different projects.

Cons

Little opportunity for advancement in terms of rank and compensation once you reach technical staff. Additionally (again varies from group to group) expectations of what a staff member does can be unclear and there can be a light sink-or-swim nature to the work, again depending on the group you're in.

2.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

great people to work with, but not for.

Cons

Leadership needs to look inward and see what is wrong. If you want to get hired here you must need to know someone hire up.

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