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New York Public Library reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(615 total reviews)
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44% positive business outlook

New York Public Library has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 615 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The New York Public Library employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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615 reviews
2.0
May 20, 2018

Job title was a lie...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Prestige of working for NYPL. It sounds good on paper.

Cons

Extremely disheartened and bitter staff from my first week of working there, using 'Information Assistants' like librarians and paying them less, lack of leadership, manager not open to new ideas

4.0
Apr 16, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Working in a friendly environment Friendly and cooperating co-workers Manageable hours, work only in the afternoon so you're free in the mornings

Cons

Work for only 3.45 hours, so pay is very low Part-time, only 30 hours every two weeks No upward mobility; you stay a tutor with no increase pay Supervisor left and there was not a replacement, so we had to do everything our supervisor would have done if we had one for almost six months

3.0
Mar 21, 2018
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Pros

excellent benefits, high profile research library allows for interesting work

Cons

curatorial departments are siloed, communication between upper and middle management needs improvement, specialists are isolated from other divisions

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