MIT employees receive up to 15 vacation days for the first year of eligible service; 20 days if you have more than one year of eligible service. An additional five vacation days are available every fifth year beginning with your tenth year of eligible service. Learn more: http://hrweb.mit.edu/policy/4-2.
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41-50 of 110 Reviews
5.0
Nov 9, 2022
Anonymous PhD Student
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
It is very very flexible.
5.0
Oct 8, 2022
Anonymous Laboratory Aide
Current
Lenient with time off, you even get 30+ hours of personal time(it may be 40, I forget).
5.0
Sep 19, 2022
Anonymous employee
Current
3 weeks of paid vacation for first year. 4 weeks of paid vacation each subsequent year. A one-time bonus week of vacation given every 5th year, starting at 10 years of work at MIT.
4.0
Aug 30, 2022
Anonymous Research Specialist
Current
Ample vacation allows for flexibility for working parents
4.0
Aug 11, 2022
Anonymous employee
Current
5 weeks when I was there but might have changed
5.0
Jun 22, 2022
Anonymous Research Analyst
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
They offer all the major holidays and give you 3 weeks to start and then get 4 weeks, plus closed from Christmas thru New Years. Very accommodating of requests (my boss let me take off days I hadn't yet earned, although not all may do that).
5.0
Feb 18, 2022
Anonymous employee
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
3 weeks in year 1, 4 weeks after that. Plus the week between christmas and new years is off.
4.0
Feb 17, 2022
Anonymous employee
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
as a graduate student vacation is flexible depending on group
5.0
Feb 1, 2022
Anonymous employee
Current
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Vacation & personal time combined into one, sick time separate with sufficient time off.
5.0
Jan 16, 2022
Anonymous Project Manager
Former
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Good time off benefits although ease of using is dependent on department.