Metropolitan Opera Association Reviews

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Absolutely no work-life balance, highly passive aggressive behavior and overdramatic behavior between departments. The divides between unions, performers and administration were vast.

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In order to make good money you have to work an immense amount of overtime and you're family/personal life will cripple because of it.

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Management is very, very pushy and rude. At customer service, no one is allowed to move from their position except for breaks and lunch.

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Everything. No raises, no yearly cost of living increase. No incentive to stay. No way to move up. Toxic environment. Terrible/painful communication.

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Terrible human resources. No maternity leave other than the federally mandated FMLA. You'll be hard pressed to find many female role models who have active family lives. Junior staff is often treated as if they are replaceable. Only 10 days of vacation a year.

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In less than a year, it became clear there was no room for growth, no chance of a raise, and that my department was very poorly run. The environment became so toxic and negative that it became hard to come in everyday. Managers never took their employees into consideration, and enforced new changes with little thought for the department.

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My direct supervisor was a horrible woman and never wanted me to succeed despite my efforts. She sabotaged my programs despite the recognition they received from our general manager.

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Company Politics and lack of direction. Informing new employees of rules and regulations will help improve training.

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As with any Development Dept, turn-over is pretty steady, most ppl stay just 1-3yrs. Also, when I was there every few months administrative lay offs would happen to try and rebalance the budget.

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no cons for me at least