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Baltimore County Public Library

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Your experience will vary greatly depending on your branch - Librarian Baltimore County Public Library Employee Review

2.0
Jun 21, 2025
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Pros

- great benefits (including an employee health clinic) - leadership backs you up with customers

Cons

- Terrible management - miscommunications and negative energy galore. - Really clique-y and gossipy (staff would frequently gossip negatively about coworkers within earshot of other staff) - No schedule flexibility - DEI seems to be a do as I say, not as I do sort of thing at many branches, while more openly supported at others. It was 3 weeks before a single person asked me my pronouns, despite me wearing a pronoun pin and signing all my emails with the correct pronouns. - Admin office staff are entirely removed from what goes on in branches. - Marketing team has way too much influence over what programs librarians are running. The number of times I heard "We can't do that because Marketing won't like it"? Unnecessary. And with a complete lack of real-time posting or highlighting of individual branch programs.

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Baltimore County Public Library Response
11mo
Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. Moving forward, our HR department will be making exit interviews a priority for you to share items like your advice to management noted above. One of our values is continuous improvement.

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5.0
Nov 5, 2025
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Pros

The management team at my branch was skilled, empathetic, and collaborative

Cons

No cons really. My branch is across the street from a middle school, so teenagers are very much that Branch's bread and butter.

4.0
May 3, 2026
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Pros

Diverse and supportive workforce that delivered outstanding service and commitment to the community.

Cons

Pay could have been better.

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