Under the MIT Pension Plan, also known as a Basic Retirement Plan, MIT provides a basic retirement benefit that will be paid to you upon your retirement as a monthly income for the rest of your life. If you have 15 or fewer years of vested service credit when you leave MIT, you will have the option of taking your benefit as a single lump sum. Enrollment is automatic, and you do not contribute. MIT pays the full cost of the Pension Plan. Learn more: http://hrweb.mit.edu/benefits/pension.
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Benefits reviews
21-27 of 27 Reviews
5.0
Mar 3, 2016
Anonymous employee
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
good as other companies, good retired plan
5.0
Sep 13, 2015
Anonymous Assistant Professor
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
besides 401k, we have additional pension plan.
1.0
Sep 3, 2015
Anonymous employee
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Awful in that it adversely incentives people to stay in jobs for much much longer than they should, forcing newer staffers, who are less likely to benefit from the pension program, to shoulder the responsibility of making the place function to the minimum standard.
1.0
Jul 16, 2015
Anonymous Graduate Student
Current
Boston, Massachusetts
MIT for their Pension Plan is not given.
5.0
Mar 5, 2015
Anonymous employee
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
How doesn't like a defined pension that your employer pays into and will help make your retirement a lot more comfortable than relying on the stock market and a 401k. .