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      Baltimore County Public Library

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      Baltimore County Public Library reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (56 total reviews)
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      Sonia Alcántara-Antoine

      60% approve of CEO

      43% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Baltimore County Public Library has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Baltimore County Public Library employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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      56 reviews
      2.0
      Sep 29, 2021

      Limited opportunities for growth, lots of vicarious trauma

      Librarian
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      relaxed dress code, excellent benefits, opportunities to learn cool things (like coding, 3D printing), new director has initiated some great changes

      Cons

      limited opportunities for growth, inconsistent management/experience across branches (some branches are a wonderful place to work, while other branches are the worst place to work), master's degrees are encouraged yet the work itself does not seem to require such advanced schooling, branches are over-staffed so there is not a lot of work to go around and days can be boring.

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      Baltimore County Public Library Response
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      Thank you for your feedback. The system recognizes many of your thoughts and is working to improve consistency across the system in management, workplace competencies and compensation structure. Baltimore County offers an EAP program, which is available to all employees. Please contact HR if you would like to learn more. You may also express your concerns and share feedback during Director's Hours. We encourage you to register and share with the Director, Ms. Alcantara-Antoine.
      1.0
      Mar 12, 2019

      Cannot recommend

      Circulation assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Co-workers are some of the nicest and hardest working people you could hope to meet. The work environment is clean.

      Cons

      It all depends on your manager - and it does not seem that there are any uniform standards for management. Some of the circulation managers create a toxic environment and if they don't like your personality you'll be persecuted endlessly. HR is clueless.

      2.0
      Mar 15, 2018

      Good enough for government work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, lots of PTO

      Cons

      Your work experience will depend on your location. Overall, they are afraid to fire or improve performance in ineffective employees, so the remaining employees have to work around them.

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