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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
5.0
Jan 7, 2017

Great co-workers and atmosphere

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Pros

My co-workers are like a second family which makes coming to work a joy. The atmosphere of the building itself is pleasant, working in a museum-like building is very cool.

Cons

The pay isn't the greatest, and there seems to be some issues with implementing some policies that are at times handed down to the public facing staff by the management.

3.0
Jun 2, 2016

The New York Public Library

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Pros

The New York Public Library offers good benefits to their employees. They are very understanding with using sick days and taking leave.

Cons

There is a lack of transparency in the organization and not a ton of room to grow within the organization.

1.0
May 20, 2016
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Pros

Smart experienced coworkers who see through management's BS. Good vacation time and pension means that many people stay working here despite this BS.

Cons

Same coworkers feel too disempowered to disagree with management. Forget about being hired as a librarian as an internal candidate at one of the research libraries. The public libraries received an increase in funding to hire more librarians then proceeded to use the funds to hire paraprofessionals (who staff the reference desks) at the research branches. They are always looking for ways to cut costs via labor. Then we have to deal with the consequences of the administrations' poor decisions when we interact with the public.

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