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      4.4

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (4,260 total reviews)

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      91% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

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      MIT has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,260 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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      5.0
      Dec 31, 2012

      Best place in the world to do science

      Technical assistant
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Excellent benefits, Gym access, huge number of club sports. Free tuition to take one class per semester. Minimal paperwork. Constant free food and lectures.

      Cons

      Boston is cold. Housing in the area is very expensive. There are no real cons other than this one, sorry.

      3.0
      Nov 19, 2012

      Good PR, Rigid Bureaucratic Institution

      Visiting scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      This is an amazing place to undertake consulting and depending on whom your PI is it can be a very good opportunity.

      Cons

      Boston/Cambridge is expensive. You need to supplement your income. MIT does not pay well because there is a 50% tax that goes to the MIT bureaucrats. There are probably at least 3 of them controlling what you do who contribute to the overhead expenses. There are a lot of "Queens and Kings" in every department because of poor leadership from the directors, deans and department heads.

      5.0
      Nov 15, 2012

      Postdoctoral research associate, very satisfied

      Postdoctoral research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      MIT has a fantastic work environment and the best academic environment anywhere in the world. Highly recommended for a postdoc or a professorship.

      Cons

      The postdocs here don't have the same sorts of rights that they do elsewhere. A few that come to mind: gym membership costs are the same as staff rather than students, so $500/yr; the salary is a little low; and we have no consulting rights and the IP policy is definitely skewed in MIT's favor.

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