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))

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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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5.0

Nov 24, 2010

Great place to work.

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Pros

It's all interesting work. No matter what your position is, you're always involved in something that's bigger than yourself. I work on many different projects within my position and it's great.

Cons

There's a big "not invented here" complex in my opinion - which is to be expected at a research laboratory. But, what Lincoln does (re)invent is generally much better than what the outside world has to offer, so I can't say I blame them entirely. Groups also kind of go off and do their own thing; information sharing between groups and divisions is limited.

3.0

Oct 22, 2010

Interesting people, interesting work

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Challenging environment, academic rigor, interesting work make Lincoln a great place to be. MIT connection a big plus as well

Cons

Academic pursuit in research sometimes gets in the way of making goals and deadlines. It is what makes Lincoln unique but also makes it difficult at times.

4.0

Sep 15, 2010

Great place to work if you are in a good project and with good manager

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It is a combination of government and academia environment with good sides of both. There is a lot of extremely intelligent and bright people to work with. You can learn what you want. Very good training if you have time to take it. Sometimes a lot of time for training if you are between projects. Very secure place to work if your manager likes you.

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It is a combination of government and academia environment with bad sides of both Very insecure place to work if you manager does not like you. The work is complex, so it is difficult to judge the level and quality of your work. If you manager does not like you you are done (laid off). If you manager said you are bad (even without any proof or even contrary to the truth) you will be laid off and you can do nothing about it. There is a lot of very important, but unwritten rules and there is no way to know them until you got a problem and the rule is applied to you. Most of important things happened behind the doors. This place has always high security on, so most of engineers rarely understand what is going on.

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