Does Multnomah County Library pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Multnomah County Library employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Multnomah County Library. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Multnomah County Library?

45% of Multnomah County Library employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Multnomah County Library 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Multnomah County Library?

Access Services Assistant (8) , Library Assistant (5) , Library Access Services Assistant (2) , Library Page (2) , Library Worker (2) , Volunteer (2)

What are the pros of working at Multnomah County Library according to real employee reviews?

"cool coworkers" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good benefits." ((in 5 reviews)); "staff are awesome, patrons are awesome." ((in 3 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Multnomah County Library according to real employee reviews?

"bad management." ((in 4 reviews)); "The pay is low." ((in 4 reviews)); "Lack of respect, fair benefits policies, transparency, appreciation and opportunities to move up make this a dead" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Multnomah County Library layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Multnomah County Library layoffs and their outlook for job security at Multnomah County Library in 2026.

Multnomah County Library reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Vailey Oehlke

58% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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Multnomah County Library has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Multnomah County Library employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

39 reviews

2.0

Jun 25, 2025

Valuable mission but misses the mark

Access services assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-benefits -cool coworkers -valuable resource

Cons

-pay -low morale -boring and tedious -limited career growth

5.0

Dec 28, 2024

Largest public library in Oregon

Library assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The library actively recruits persons from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It offers competitive wages at every job classification. 13 paid holidays, Sick time accrual etc.

Cons

none that i can think of

1.0

Oct 26, 2024

Tries hard but fails

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good benefits at low cost, no cost plans available for part-time staff. Great coworkers and most of the branch managers are great. The higher up you go, the less that’s true. Good sick time and lots of opportunity to take leave. Strong union. You can make up whatever you want about a manager and they’ll get disciplined or canned with no investigation.

Cons

Working weekends and evenings - unless you have a remote job than you can work whatever schedule you want to almost and are not available when location staff need you. Opens beautiful new libraries without enough staff to fill the shifts. HUGE mental health and security concerns at locations - which leads to mental health issues for staff and then we go out on leave all the time because it’s so intolerable.Staff are physically assaulted. Verbal abuse from patrons is awful and include death threats/ Hiring practices are corrupt and unchecked.

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