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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 69 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.3
Growth Opportunities
3.6
People You Work With
4.6
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.5
Work Setting
4.3
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"I have been working at BAMM Labs for the past one year. It has been an excellent training ground in learning new technologies ranging from high speed cameras to 3D printing and working with HIV patient samples to 3D bioprinter."
Posted 10 years ago in Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Employee

"Exciting company, very interesting work for a very important mission."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Software Engineer

"MIT Lincoln Lab is a great place - flexible hours, co-operative staff, supportive and research type environment. For me, commute was very reasonable."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Software Engineer

"MIT Lincoln Lab is great place to workWonderful work environmentHighly skilled staff"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Systems Administrator

"MIT Bates is an excellent place to work. Currently Bates is transitioning to a research and engineering center."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Trainee

"I have been working at BAMM Labs for the past one year. It has been an excellent training ground in learning new technologies ranging from high speed cameras to 3D printing and working with HIV patient samples to 3D bioprinter."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"My co workers are great and there is a team feeling."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I do not have any tips besides just be confident when interviewing."

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"The only problem is there is no room for growth within the business/project side of the company. Unless you are an engineer there is no room for growth"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have made several attempts to have discussions about how the project management/business managers are treated and why we are just as improtant to the organization."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Contractor

"Great"

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"Open Minded and everybody gets the big picture. They work on cutting edge for national security."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself. Just tell what you can do for the company."

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"Closed System - Everything has to be blessed by DoD"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Considering constraints and what's at stake, I think the management is doing a pretty good job but I like them to be more open minded."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Programmer

"It is nice but not permanent."

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"It's a laid back culture, as is usual in academia no one cares when you work so long as the work gets done, which is very nice because it gives me a flexible schedule."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Mainly, just be friendly but also be sure to have sharp programming skills, especially in MATLAB, you will need to learn a lot the first few days so be sure you are willing to study for a little while."

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"Often times I have to come up with something to do myself, since I am not trained in atmospheric sciences directly, it is a lot of work to figure out what to do sometimes. If I need to meet with those whom I work with, it is a scheduling nightmare."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Simply to be more quick in addressing problems, I sometimes feel stuck until I meet with someone and it can take them days just to answer a When can we meet email."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Postdoctoral Research Associate

"Productive and creative"

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"Good place for post-doc training and full of challenge in the work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Developer

"I am/was a co-op here wokring both full and part time over the course of a year."

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"it has a great atmosphere and lots of smart people all around to talk to."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"standard tips. be yourself, be honest. ask a lot of questions because there is just so much to learn."

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"the secrecy of the various projects makes it a little harder to appreciate the greatness of the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think management here is some of the best you could ask for. wouldn't change a thing."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Developer

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"people games food benefits technology current education city fun purpose"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a good place to work, but probably not a great place for career growth."

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"High overhead costs mean a lower salary that's not very competitive"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"not much, it's pretty good here, maybe have clearer goals"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Tour Manager

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"I enjoy being busy. I enjoy the satisfaction after a successful event."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It really depends on where you are applying, MIT is a huge place to work for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A larger emphasis on hand's on learning. Less Wasteful spending"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineer

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"The idea of working here. And listening to all the projects"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you like the people. The work will change, the people will not"

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"Organization and time frames. Various and moving along with schedules. Too many hats for one project"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Would be hard to say. Upgrade digs. work life balance and add more employee outings"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Research Assistant

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"It provides a great opportunity to have a world-renown impact while solving the most challenging problems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do enough research work of the company and review the skills and knowledge you have learned."

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"I have to work more than 80 hours per week."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Develop strong inter personal skills from working closely with many people with differentbackgrounds"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Postdoctoral Associate

What do you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"There are a lot of smart and nice guys. The collaboration is great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident and be yourself. Do not try to be perfect."

What don't you like about working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

"There is a lot of snow in the winter. Not good for people who like warm weather."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be nice to people around you, and be patient to do everything."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reviews FAQs

Is Massachusetts Institute of Technology a good company to work for?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has an overall rating of 4.2 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 69 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Review Ratings left anonymously by Massachusetts Institute of Technology employees, which is 8% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 97% of employees would recommend working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Does Massachusetts Institute of Technology pay their employees well?

Massachusetts Institute of Technology employees earn $55,500 annually on average, or $27 per hour, which is 16% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 35 Massachusetts Institute of Technology employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Massachusetts Institute of Technology Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

97% of employees would recommend working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the overall rating of 4.2 out of 5. Employees also rated Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.6 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a Senior Program Manager at $162,000 annually. Browse Massachusetts Institute of Technology Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a Research Trainee at $12,000 annually. Browse Massachusetts Institute of Technology Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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