Brooklyn Academy of Music Reviews
Updated Jul 16, 2021
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"community discounts, gym subsidies, free tickets to shows (honestly, may be the best part of working here)" (in 7 reviews)
"Great part-time job because you get to see performances at no cost" (in 7 reviews)
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Lovely work environment, management team is organized, flexible, mindful, passionate about their work and great to work with. Never felt stressed during my time working there.
Cons
none that I can think of
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Amazing, friendly staff. Everyone makes you feel welcome. Decent work/life balance, and holiday bonuses. Staff perks are good too and you can get tix to shows and films. There is room for advancement.
Cons
None that I can think of at the moment.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Get to experience great art. Coworkers at the same level as you offer a good sense of community.
Cons
No room for growth or internal promotion. Lack of transparency from upper management regarding salaries, business decisions, business processes. No room for innovation or new ideas.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Passion love for the arts and people.
Cons
Not being to showcase everyone when they feel its their time.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Everyone works hard and cares about the mission
Cons
It's been a hard hear for the arts. Layoffs and pay cuts.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
The people, location, exposure to a variety of artists, the building.
Cons
The management - middle management up, they all must go. It takes a team of people to fail so spectacularly, Katy Clark was extremely tone deaf and out of her depth, but she was enabled by a team of sycophants. Please Clean house with her departure.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Provides a lot of downtime
Cons
It can be Busy on weekends
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
non-profit, personally fulfilling, great coworkers in lower ranks
Cons
blind and deaf leadership, difficult to move up within the organization
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Great benefits with health insurance capped at a max payout of 4% of your annual salary. - Decent time off policy for those under Director level - though actually taking that time can be problematic. - Everyone really dedicates themselves to the work and you if you're fortunate enough to get to see what is happening on stage, its amazing. - Staff are friendly and there are lots of activities outside of the office for individuals to get to know one another better.
Cons
- Terrible time off policy for those at Director level and above who are exempt from earning comp time over 40 hours a week. Most Directors dedicated at least 50 to 60 hours of their time going above and beyond. - HR isn't really on top of things and/or doesn't communicate very clearly when policies change and/or with one another. - Such a huge institution that there is no way to know everyone who works there. - There is a lot of turn over. - There is a lot of discourse currently between upper management and lower level staff. Currently there are negotiations for the admin staff to be a part of Local 2110 which may or may not make things messier. - Diversity and Inclusion training was mandated by everyone inclusive of the board but as of June 2019 the Board still had not participated. So much money was spent and yet no action seems to actually have been taken on incorporating the training and approaches into the everyday.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
People on the working level are dedicated, kind, brilliant and truly a pleasure to work with.
Cons
Most leadership - Director and above - are a hot mess. They completely dealt with the pandemic and layoffs in inane, insane, and inhumane ways.
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