Pros
-the location of Mount Sinai is top-notch, ability to work and live in Manhattan -the school has made an effort to hire some very smart & talented people (but doesn't seem to be able to handle them when they are on the inside)
Cons
-pay is low for Manhattan -it seems getting R01 is the only metric being evaluated for how successful a professor is... many toxic professors running labs that are destroying careers of trainees -the school knows about destructive professors but nothing is done. If a lab has a 95% attrition rate in 3-4 years, and not one of those people are going on to successful positions, it means it's a problem with the professor & not the trainees. -the environment is inbred and nepotistic - only if you come from a certain lab's lineage will you be given the tools and resources to be successful -extremely bureaucratic - if you have a problem with something, good luck trying to GUESS who's job it is to help you sort through it, because you get a lot of responses "that's not my job, I don't know who you can speak to" (meanwhile they do know, but just don't want to tell you) -toxic environment - many issues in many departments