“It's fun teaching”

Pros:  “I enjoyed teaching the students and felt that they were engaged with the class. It was great having the chance to meet people working at area companies.”

Cons:  “Being an adjunct makes you very sensitive to the customer service needs of students - sometimes they take advantage. It can be stressful having to plan a course…” – Full Review

“lecturer”

Pros:  “low teaching hours with students”

Cons:  “low research budget allows 1-2 research trips” – Full Review

“Intellectual Mecca”

Pros:  “You get to work with the best of the best. Several opportunities to work on difficult problems and make a significant impact on science and technology. MIT on your resume…”

Cons:  “You will be one among the many geniuses in the organization. Unless you are better than a genius, you will have a hard time neing recognized within the organization…” – Full Review

“research associate”

Pros:  “good school and good university”

Cons:  “bad location, not sage place” – Full Review

“challenging and rewarding”

Pros:  “Fantastic people and great opportunities,”

Cons:  “many politics and subdivisions, some hidden agendas” – Full Review

“challenging and rewarding”

Pros:  “Compensation and benefits provided are relatively good and you can enjoy a good work/life balance.”

Cons:  “Because of a couple of factors, you might find that the opportunities to advance your career are somewhat limited and a little bit frustrated.” – Full Review

“Not a good place to work”

Pros:  “Flexible schedules and tuition benefits”

Cons:  “Management is ineffective. The work is unstimulating.” – Full Review

“Very good institute for postdoctoral research”

Pros:  “good salary, good benefit, work environment, training, seminar, presentation”

Cons:  “after eight years of postdoc you donot know where you will go, so jobs” – Full Review