Good Experience. Get out soon - Post Doctoral Associate MIT Employee Review

4.0
May 19, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good stepping stone for academic or industrial careers.

Cons

Does not let you be PI on grants. Does not allow you to formally advice even BS students. Pay is too low. (Even if your PI wants to pay you more, he's not allowed to)

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Really good research opportunities to work on a project with major impact.

Cons

Issues heavily depend on groups.

4.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant colleagues A good degree of research independence Research funding sufficient for running experiments

Cons

Research divisions are mostly uncoordinated Administrative support is more reactive than proactive

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