Metropolitan Museum of Art Reviews
Updated Oct 20, 2021
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"Incredible surroundings, great benefits (but at a cost to part-timers or per-diems), interesting colleagues" (in 18 reviews)
"Good benefits, amazing collection and exhibitions, talented coworkers" (in 17 reviews)
"Low pay and no guaranteed job post-grad" (in 14 reviews)
"low pay with very low merit increase/little upward mobility" (in 9 reviews)
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- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
nice place to work no issues
Cons
no cons nice place to work
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Work culture and benefits are great.
Cons
It’s non profit so the pay isn’t much
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
communication with in the work force
Cons
need more full time positions
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Working at the museum and seeing art
Cons
Sometimes short staffed and not enough chances for growth
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
the museum collection is the best in the world
Cons
the marketing, communications, social media and government relations team is the most toxic you will ever encounter. starting with the leadership, terrible turnover rate in the past two years and horrible abusive racist and elitist staff. group of bully boss and girls that act like high schoolers
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
If you can do anything else with your life, please do that thing instead
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
stable, you get to be around beautiful things, seeing the museum when its empty
Cons
Labor relations are out of the Victorian era Incessantly being made to feel like you're the help a vindictive HR department who's sole goal is to punish employee Terrible mismanagement at every level Extreme chaos all of the time A complete inability to plan for quite foreseeable events A very acidic culture No means whatsoever for job growth A managerial class who fears for their jobs, and thus doesn't mentor junior, and generally tries to hold back their subordinates Intentionally stymying future job prospects by refusing to train staff and creating impossibly to breach hierarchies and specializations If you can think of anything else that you can do for a living please save yourself the grief and go do that thing. Working at a prestige institution simply isn't worth the trouble.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Some of the smartest and most dedicated arts professionals in the industry
Cons
Responsibilities can be very specialized and offer limited advancement opportunities Little to no diversity in the upper management
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Good place for students to work. Great place for those interested on Art Get to see new exhibits before the public
Cons
Lack of upward mobility Too much drama especially with. A few non qualified superviors. Lack of diversity esp when it comes to leadership roles.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Good Benefits but that’s about it.
Cons
Hard work is not rewarded. Those who skate on other peoples accomplishments are the highest paid and most frequently promoted. All thought is focused towards curatorial departments and exhibitions, while those making the place run are forgotten. Favoritism is the name of the game at the Met. Productivity and the mental health of staff have no value at this institution.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
The best part of working at The Met is being surrounded by art and history. I also appreciated how hard they worked to keep as many people as they could during the pandemic.
Cons
The travel and distance to work is not easy. .
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