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      MIT Lincoln Laboratory

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      MIT Lincoln Laboratory reviews

      4.4

      96% would recommend to a friend

      (510 total reviews)
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      Eric Evans

      98% approve of CEO

      85% positive business outlook

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      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Senior management

      MIT Lincoln Laboratory has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 510 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MIT Lincoln Laboratory employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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      510 reviews
      5.0
      Jul 13, 2011

      Awesome place to work

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Allowed to pursue activities outside of work - good balance with family life You get to work with extremely intelligent coworkers Challenging work - never boring - state-of-the-art world class research Respect in outside community

      Cons

      not much opportunity for advancement within the staff categories

      4.0
      May 30, 2011

      Great for those looking to continue education and also those with families looking for a secure job.

      Software engineer
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      Pros

      - very large - there are many (on the order of 100) groups to choose from - if you don't like your group, or get bored, its not that difficult to transition into working in another group or division. - comfortable place to work: Lexington campus has on-site gym, heath center, etc. - access to the MIT campus in Cambridge (libraries, events, clubs, etc.) - generous financial support for masters or PhD in a field that's closely related to your job - management supports you taking/auditing classes at MIT even during work time - all day shuttle from/to the Cambridge MIT campus - simplifies the compute.

      Cons

      - not many - unless you don't want to deal with the downsides of working on government-funded projects and/or defense projects requiring security clearances. These downsides can include - having complicated, unreasonable, messy requirements coming from the government - frustrating funding fights and constant worries about projects getting defunded by the government - not being able to talk about your work with people outside the Labs (if you're working on a defense project).

      2.0
      Apr 11, 2011

      Poor management and incompetent senior staff ruin what could be a great place to work.

      Engineer
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      Pros

      Generally you get to work on cutting edge projects that can be really interesting. The pay and benefits are good for lab employees. Hours are pretty lenient and work/life balance is stressed.

      Cons

      Some of the entrenched senior staff are blatantly incompetent and/or they just don't care. Hands down the worst human being I have met to date works there, and no one can get rid of him. Depending on which group you're in, a lot of the projects you work on may never see the light of day. You do not want to work here as a contractor.

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