Surprisingly Artless Staff - Anonymous employee Sotheby's Employee Review

1.0
Jun 9, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Access to a stunning array of art and antiquities, as well as an opportunity to bone up on Art History, if so inclined.

Cons

Remarkably toxic environment for those whose parents, grandparents and great-grandparents neither served on the Board of Directors nor spent tens of millions per year at auction. A rigid class system is firmly in place, and the majority of staff aggressively and arrogantly flaunt what they perceive to be their own superiority.

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