Amazing research, toxic workplace for non academic staff - Anonymous employee MIT Employee Review

2.0
11 Mar 2022
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Pros

Generous salary, flexible work schedule, inspiring research to support with whatever your staff job is, and a great line to have on your resume.

Cons

Siloed, often-toxic fiefdoms of managers who are not held accountable for any kind of abuse or mismanagement of staff or resources. A political and extremely demotivating environment.

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Pros

Great research opportunities in EECS

Cons

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4.0
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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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