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Brooklyn Public Library

Is this your company?

Anyone with a brain, who doesn't drink company Kool-Aid is suspect and if you enjoy politics, you'll like working here. - Customer Service Brooklyn Public Library Employee Review

2.0
Nov 2, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Staff are nice, within reason. Work is steady, because all part time staff have been eliminated.

Cons

Job recognition is non-existant.Budget cuts make supplies and new materials evaporate. Lack of communication from upper management leads to a completely non-professional atmosphere. This is a poorly run library, lacking in any management leadership, with a revolving door every so often for management and staff. The most egregious factor is serving a public that is kept ill-informed, especially in neighborhood branches and with most electronic resources. It is saddening to say that this library is dying a slow, painful death. But hey! just drink some administrative Kool-Aid, it won't seem that bad!

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Cons

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