Great place, with serious issues - Anonymous employee Exploratorium Employee Review

3.0
Nov 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of very smart and dedicated people there, who really do care so much about science, education, the arts, technology, learning...etc.

Cons

The huge upheaval of the move to a new location, followed by multiple rounds of layoffs, means that staff morale is absolutely in the dumps. I survived one round of layoffs but still got caught by another. It was hard to trust anyone or believe anything the bosses were saying. Union members have some protections against bad bosses but if you are middle management (as I was) you have nothing.

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