Smithsonian reviews

4.1

66% would recommend to a friend

(508 total reviews)
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Dr. David J. Skorton

75% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Smithsonian has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 508 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Smithsonian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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508 reviews
2.0
Jan 25, 2023

Would not recommend

Recommend
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Pros

- Location - Content is interesting - Good insurance options - Decent retirement benefits if you stay long enough to get them

Cons

- Daily publishing quotas (3/day) - Monthly writing and reporting quotas (2-4 features) - VERY LOW rates for freelancers - Low salary for DC metropolitan area - Underpaid, overworked - Low to no paths to promotion - Raises issued in 5-10 year intervals—if that (Team is small but expected to do the work of a team 3x their size) - Expectations are outside of staff capacity and compensation - Very little meaningful mentorship opportunities in media with current staff issues - Daily morning meetings and 2-3 additional check in or team meetings weekly - Senior to CEO leadership out-of-touch with media landscape - Senior leadership is not open to competitive salary negotiation - Near constant staff turnover - Extremely slow hiring process - Very tangled bureaucratic culture overall

5.0
Jan 23, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Government employment is very flexible and beneficial

Cons

Keep the same policies amongst the buildings

3.0
Jan 11, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

It’s decent. A good way to get your foot in the door on the federal side

Cons

Its not worth the pay whatsoever

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