MIT reviews

4.4

86% would recommend to a friend

(4,264 total reviews)

Sally Kornbluth

91% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

MIT has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,264 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MIT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
4.0
Sep 28, 2015
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Pros

The flexibility in the workplace is great The peer group is unbelievably smart Everyone is very helpful and professional The network of students as well as alumni is unmatched due to the variety of companies they are at. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. Researchers worked on computers, radar, and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian. The current 168-acre (68.0 ha) campus opened in 1916 and extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.

Cons

There is a poor work life balance Everyone works all the time, which pushes you, but can be monotonous at times The weather in the city can be pretty bad during winters

5.0
Sep 28, 2015

It is so expensive...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place to meet new friends!

Cons

A lot of work, and it's hard to find work-life balance if you want to execl.

4.0
Sep 27, 2015

Postdoc

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great facilities. Opportunity to work on challenging project

Cons

Sometimes stressful. People are not so friendly.

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