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    Metropolitan Museum of Art Reviews

    Updated June 7, 2017
    152 reviews

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    Metropolitan Museum of Art CEO & Director Thomas P. Campbell
    Thomas P. Campbell
    60 Ratings

    152 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • great benefits, staff cafeteria is affordable, talented colleagues (in 13 reviews)

    • Very easy-going office culture, great place to work, good colleagues and loose work-life balance (in 6 reviews)

    Cons

    • Low pay for the area and the industry (in 9 reviews)

    • There was some issues with upward mobility, but I believe that changes are taking place to improve the overall system (in 8 reviews)

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    1. "Fun but complicated place to work!"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Manager in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Manager in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Metropolitan Museum of Art full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      great benefits, staff cafeteria is affordable, talented colleagues

      Cons

      low pay scale for anyone below upper management

      Advice to Management

      Offer more competitive salaries and hourly rates

    2. "True Joy Of a Workplace"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Wholesale Coordinator in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Wholesale Coordinator in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Metropolitan Museum of Art part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Pay was great for part-time hours
      Getting to go to the museum everyday to work!
      The teams, mostly friendly people and great environment
      Being around such creative and artistic minds

      Cons

      The museum is old, so they work in older ways if you come from a start up or more of a corporate world. I never thought I would miss working at a place so much. I'd work here again and again!

      Advice to Management

      Keep being wonderful and open minded to your employees, it's much appreciated.

    3. "sales"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Newark, NJ
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Newark, NJ

      I worked at Metropolitan Museum of Art (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      love selling
      new different people from different country

      Cons

      i never had any problem

    4. "Experience depends on what department you work for."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Metropolitan Museum of Art (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      A beautiful place to work.

      Cons

      Very little room for growth.

    5. "Research Assistant"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Research Assistant in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Research Assistant in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Metropolitan Museum of Art full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Friendly and supportive coworkers and adminstration

      Cons

      Some disconnect between staff and higher management

    6. "Great place to work"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Intern in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Intern in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      great place to work, everyone is very willing to teach and guide you, it's The Met, etc

      Cons

      not available, it was a great experience

    7. "Working at The Met"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Security Officer in East Elmhurst, NY
      Current Employee - Security Officer in East Elmhurst, NY
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Metropolitan Museum of Art (More than a year)

      Pros

      Excellent Benefits. Good Ambiance. many Intellectual people working around.

      Cons

      No many opportunities for career paths.

    8. Helpful (2)

      "Great experience."

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Retail Supervisor in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Retail Supervisor in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Metropolitan Museum of Art part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The best part about working at the met is being surrounded by 5000 years of art. Most employees are art professionals.

      Cons

      One major negative would be that at times it may feel like high school again. Everyone loves to gossip even certain leaders. Drama for no reason. No full time positions. Promotions are rare.

      Advice to Management

      Managers need to weed out the bad apples. Invest in loyal employees.

    9. "Fantastic place to be an intern"

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      • Culture & Values
      Former Employee - Editorial Intern in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Editorial Intern in New York, NY
      Recommends

      I worked at Metropolitan Museum of Art (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Excellent intern program with enrichment lectures, staff support, interesting work

      Cons

      No cons whatsoever. Really perfect place to be an intern. You learn so much!

    10. "Love this place"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Security Guard in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Security Guard in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Metropolitan Museum of Art (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      I had a wonderful experience here . Great atmosphere , diversity and wonderful opportunity to learn about every art and cultural practice under the sun !!!

      Cons

      Hard on the feet because of the marble floors

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work

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