Great co-workers, very dedicated to the libraries and the profession, but good old boy management doesn't work. - Anonymous employee OCLC Employee Review

2.0
Oct 28, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I worked with some great people over the years. Much talent and experience. Good benefits. Decent pay.

Cons

Too many idiots that shouldn't be there. High school graduates (no college at all!) making $70,000 to put labels on books? Crazy. $70,000 for for a good old boy to ship materials? The two people they laid off in shipping might have made a combined $70,000. Another high school grad making $65,000 to be a cataloging supervisor? No wonder libraries complain of the high costs associated with OCLC. Dedicated staff not appreciated or rewarded. They burn out or leave.

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Upper management is neither good nor trustworthy. To go into details would most likely violate this website's TOS. Trust them not to tell you the truth, trust them to blame you if they can save themselves for another year. Any stories you've heard about a great place to work are based on old data. That company no longer exists. While layoffs have always been a threat, employees are constantly on edge now and having the CEO tell them if they want to stay on they shouldn't make trouble does not help, to say the least If you get hired here, understand that this cannot be a long term destination. Get your experience, have an exit plan, don't get comfortable and fade into mediocrity because that is your future, and that's if you are lucky. I just want to add that everything the other reviews say about the president is true. He absolutely did mock employee responses to an opinion survey at a town hall.

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