New York Public Library reviews

A lot of my colleagues were not so lucky in the manager department - I'll let them leave their own reviews. This is not an org where HR has your interests in mind - they are only concerned with the org's interests. The politics of the org can get ugly - you probably won't notice unless you say for many many years, or have to attend senior mgmt meetings. Some teams can be draining to work with, especially if healthy communication patterns are not in place. And while most of my colleagues were great, they were not as good at keeping their word as colleagues I've worked with elsewhere - I prefer coworkers who do what they promised when they promised, and communicate proactively.

There is no "merit based" acknowledgement. You can do the bare minimum or go above and beyond and you get treated the same.This is fine if you just want a city job where you keep your head down and do the same boring thing everyday to get a pension, then this is the place for you. If you are friends with someone above you, you can get away with anything and the union does nothing to help. New librarians that pay thousands of dollars for the MLS will be shocked when they find themselves having to answer to managers that have no MLS degrees and have no passion for the field.