Nice people, easy place to work but dated and slow to progress. - Marketing OCLC Employee Review

4.0
Feb 26, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, location, gym, cafeteria, work/life balance. People are friendly and willing to help. Clears out at 5:00. Matrix organization with flexibility to work from home.

Cons

Stuck in the 1980's. Very slow and resistant to change. Many, many missed deadlines. No opportunity for advancement (but some managers are good about offering awards, bonuses, etc.) Meetings start 15 minutes late with folks wondering in/out and mgrs. glued to blackberries.

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5.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

Great team and work environment Interesting work day to day Working here feels meaningful

Cons

Compensation can be lower than average

2.0
Jun 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits, particularly the thrift plan, are good for as long as they still exist. The employees are generally smart and caring people.

Cons

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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