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      Great place to work with amazing opportunities - Assistant Technical Staff MIT Lincoln Laboratory Employee Review

      5.0
      Aug 18, 2014
      Assistant technical staff
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      Pros

      Benefits are amazing and work is always changing and exciting. There are numerous opportunities to grow education and knowledge. The culture is laid back and friendly.

      Cons

      Pay is lower than industry. Bonuses and raises not common. Work is effected by the state of the government which can cause halts on hiring and projects.

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      MIT Lincoln Laboratory Response
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      Thank you for your comments and recognition of some of the advantages of employment at Lincoln Laboratory. As a Federally Funded Research and Development Center we are more constrained than industry but we do maintain a very competitive and attractive total compensation system. It is true that we are not market driven, which can be a real advantage in a research environment. To some degree we may be impacted by government decisions but our management actively works to minimize impact of that on the work force. These are tradeoffs that each individual must make based on their needs and ambitions. Overall employment at the Lab can be very rewarding on a lot of levels.

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      5.0
      Jun 3, 2026
      Member of technical staff
      Recommend
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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.

      4.0
      May 26, 2026
      Associate technical staff
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Historically a very stable job, interesting work, great people

      Cons

      There can be a lack of mentorship for people early in their careers, although your experience will depend heavily on which group you are in. There are only 3 main levels of engineer with very limited group leader positions, making upward mobility limited.

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