Post-doctoral Associate - Anonymous employee MIT Employee Review

5.0
Aug 30, 2015
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Pros

Fantastic non-salary benefits; fantastic Learning experiences; fantastic growth opportunities; fantastic colleagues; great environment to expand network; very knowledgeable supervisors/PIs and colleagues.

Cons

Low salary for post-doc in Cambridge. Very expensive to live here and essentially impossible to support a growing family.

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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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