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      4.4

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (4,257 total reviews)

      Sally Kornbluth

      90% approve of CEO

      75% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      MIT has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,257 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
      5.0
      May 6, 2012

      great environment, great benefits, learned a lifetime worth of skills

      Postdoctoral fellow
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      * at least in my dept. work/life balance was respected * lots of vacation time and many paid holidays including an extra day at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and some years, New Years, too. *interesting people, fascinating science and opportunities to hear lectures * extremely talented people to learn from * fantastic location on the Charles river * gold standard labs and science

      Cons

      * can be very bureaucratic with inside politics * not always great feedback to help guide performance * some labs were lax in following the rules, providing bad examples to others * loss of big picture, focussed on project at hand * campus area can be dangerous at night and early in the morning

      3.0
      May 4, 2012

      Know What You're Getting Into

      Graduate student researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Working for and alongside very intelligent, capable, and motivated individuals - Pervasive "can-do" attitude - Getting to work on projects of great significance - Being well-connected with collaborators (and future employers) at other top institutions - Quirky/nerd culture (e.g. yearly sci-fi marathon)

      Cons

      - Overbearing expectations; in the anarchy of academia, there is no such thing as having done "enough", even more so at prestigious institution like MIT - Lousy work-life balance -- creeping guilt whenever you're not working - Dearth of graduate student community/socialization - Campus and surrounding areas not aesthetically pleasing, exacerbated by frequently gloomy weather - Culture of misery (related to all of the above)

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