Dynamic workplace and community - Lecturer II MIT Employee Review

5.0
Jan 19, 2018
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Pros

Great environment for educators, engineers, scholars, scientists, and administrators. Competitive salaries, great benefits, great colleagues driven to explore and support original ideas. Diverse workforce across every dimension, including age.

Cons

Demanding workload (though not extreme), clear hierarchy dominated by PhDs, lack of transparency in management decisions.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Fantastic work-life balance and lots of freebies. Join the sailing program! They teach you for free!

Cons

Got hit by the federal cuts. Not their fault but you would think they'd have better savings

4.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

High quality core facilities and well resourced labs. Countless brilliant colleagues who can serve as mentors and collaborators

Cons

Students and Postdocs are expensive due to high overhead, so unreasonably high productivity is often expected compared to other institutions. PIs are typically stretched very thin. Most departments/labs are very space limited which makes it harder to do safe and productive research.

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