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      4.4

      86% would recommend to a friend

      (4,268 total reviews)

      Sally Kornbluth

      91% approve of CEO

      77% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      MIT has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,268 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The MIT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Apr 1, 2015

      Excellent opportunities come from MIT but they can afford to treat postdocs better

      Postdoctoral associate
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Excellent research and learning environment, time there helps open many future doors of opportunity. Family friendly with subsidized child care on campus.

      Cons

      Postdocs are sub-employees since benefits are made VERY expensive and outright removed if you do the courtesy of bringing your own money in the form of a fellowship, health insurance rates are particularly punishing if you have dependents. No retirement savings, come on!

      4.0
      Mar 30, 2015

      Great benefits, okay pay; if you like what you do it's a great place to work.

      Systems administrator
      Recommend
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      Pros

      MIT has excellent benefits: great health insurance, cheap parking if you're into that sort of thing, and a crazy number of vacation days (20+federal holidays+vacation days). There's an extreme level of job security in a way that's basically unheard of these days. This is an excellent workplace for people who are capable of working super hard for 8 hours a day and then disconnecting and coming back tomorrow. This is a great place to work for people with families or for anyone with serious hobbies outside of work.

      Cons

      Salary is okay but not great, and raises are going to be about 3%/year no matter how well you do your job. As with all jobs, you sometimes feel like you have extra work to do, but the rewards for doing it are going to be pretty minimal: bonuses aren't a thing here. If you feel like your career is going nowhere, that's because it is; you're a cog in a large bureaucracy. If your co-workers seem like a bunch of burnouts, then the problem might just be that you have unrealistic expectations.

      5.0
      Mar 27, 2015

      Excellent experience as a graduate student.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great learning experience and professors.

      Cons

      Extremely intense with long working hours.

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