Hard work but worth all the effort - Graduate Student Researcher MIT Employee Review

5.0
Aug 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Brilliant co-workers from many different disciplines, entrepreneurial environment, great benefits (on campus health providers), flexibility to pursue personal interests, work is fulfilling, access to great datasets from large companies

Cons

Can be stressful, large expectations sometimes leads to poor work-life balance (as in, there will be no life until the work gets done!), can be hyper-competitive

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Really good research opportunities to work on a project with major impact.

Cons

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4.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant colleagues A good degree of research independence Research funding sufficient for running experiments

Cons

Research divisions are mostly uncoordinated Administrative support is more reactive than proactive

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