MIT reviews

Hours can be long and unpredictable. Actual situation very dependent on research advisers. Some infrastructure (office and lab-space out-dated).

Annual compensation increases tend not to keep up with inflation. Although the policies are fairly generous and most peer and supervisior interations are positive, human resources as a department if fairly obstructionist if issues do come up between emplyees and supervisor and more interested in problem issolation than resolution. (pick your supervisor and peers well in your interview ). Also while equipment and physical resources are easy to aquire expanding personel (even if demonstrably cheaper than adding equipment and external contrats) can be difficult whech results in cronic (though not generally severe) understaffing.