Is MIT Lincoln Laboratory a good company to work for?

MIT Lincoln Laboratory has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 764 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 96% of employees would recommend working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to a friend and 85% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about MIT Lincoln Laboratory have been left by employees working as Summer Research Intern , Research Intern and Summer Intern .

Does MIT Lincoln Laboratory pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, MIT Lincoln Laboratory employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory?

96% of MIT Lincoln Laboratory employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated MIT Lincoln Laboratory 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at MIT Lincoln Laboratory?

Member Of Technical Staff (36) , Technical Staff (35) , Assistant Staff (32) , Intern (31) , Associate Staff (26) , Summer Research Intern (25) , Software Engineer (23) , Summer Intern (19) , Associate Technical Staff (18) , Research Intern (14) , Assistant Technical Staff (11) , Engineer (11) , Subcontractor (9) , Administrative Assistant (8) , Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) (8)

What are the pros of working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory according to real employee reviews?

"People that I worked with were great except for some individual from my own team." ((in 109 reviews)); "Great benefits and overall great time as an intern!" ((in 82 reviews)); "Great team and culture." ((in 20 reviews)); "Nice and smart coworkers." ((in 16 reviews)); "Excellent opportunities to learn on impactful projects." ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low for the industry and pay raises are percentage based (3% is typical)." ((in 29 reviews)); "3%) Annual Salary." ((in 22 reviews)); "Possibilities of managers who aren't great at running projects leading to alot of frustrating days" ((in 8 reviews)); "Extra time commitments (extra hours and travel) are demanded without any compensation or warning." ((in 7 reviews)); "Flat management structure so promotions are few and far in between" ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about MIT Lincoln Laboratory layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about MIT Lincoln Laboratory layoffs and their outlook for job security at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 2026.

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4.4

96% would recommend to a friend

(510 total reviews)

Eric Evans

98% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

MIT Lincoln Laboratory has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 510 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MIT Lincoln Laboratory employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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510 reviews

4.0

Sep 9, 2012

Great work-life balance and technically challenging place to work.

Administrative staff

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Pros

Definately the most technically challenging place to work where you also contributing something back to national security.

Cons

Health care benefits are not great and culture can be difficult to navigate at times to get things done. New staff need to be self-starters to learn how things are done.

4.0

Aug 24, 2012

Research and development with national security / government oriented applications

Assistant staff

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Pros

If you are a staff member, you have the opportunity to work on a lot of different tasks (everything from hardware to writing specifications to coding) and are expected to quickly absorb new technologies and ideas. The lab also has an academic culture and you will be encouraged to give talks, write papers, go to conferences, and so on. My group in particular has had active collaborations with scientists from the MIT campus as well.

Cons

The benefits are very good, but the salary is not quite as high as comparable positions in the private sector for my field. Also, I personally felt that the standards for contractors are lower in general compared to staff.

4.0

Jun 16, 2012

One of the Nation's Premier Defense Research Laboratories

Senior software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Excellent benefits package, stable employment, challenging environment- you are surrounded by PhDs from MIT and similar schools

Cons

Like with any government research laboratory you have to deal with a large amount of bureaucracy. Hiring limit of 2000 has been filled years ago and the remaining positions are given to contractors who don't have the same benefits as the Government employees.

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