MIT reviews

4.4

85% would recommend to a friend

(4,258 total reviews)

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90% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

MIT has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,258 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
4.0
Jul 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great intellectual atmosphere. Nice resources. Opportunities to meet and collaborate with lots of smart, motivated people. They are at least making an effort to improve relations with their postdoc community.

Cons

Though there are really great resources here, they are often owned by particular labs; so you may not be able to have access to them. Postdocs are in a strange category of personnel here, and they don't quite know how to deal with us. They don't give postdocs access to the careers office, and many PIs don't have time for or knowledge of the job market (even inside academia), which doesn't help postdocs to move on. Your experience will largely be dictated by your PI, your project(s), how hard you work, and luck, just like everywhere else. Don't assume, as many do, that because it is MIT it will automatically be better than a postdoc position elsewhere.

4.0
Jul 13, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stability, Low Pressure, High Benefits, Well-Known Organization

Cons

It's Education. You'll have to change jobs for the promotion you deserve. Unskilled workers can do terrible jobs and not get laid off because they value experience over skillset. "Cushy" jobs can produce "lazy" workers.

5.0
Jul 12, 2012

MIT is a good place to work.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have an excellent library.

Cons

Some people don't live up to expectations.

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