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Capital Area District Library Reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

47% positive business outlook

Capital Area District Library has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Capital Area District Library employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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19 reviews
1.0
7 Nov 2018

Disillusioned Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible hours and minor benefits.

Cons

Management and Union doesnt care about its employees. No diversity or promtions for ethnic employees. A professionally toxic environment.

2.0
8 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unionized; Comfortable indoor work; Good combo of sedentary and active work; Access to latest books & media; Vibrant community; Management gives each employee front desk and back room work so there's a balance between the more social front desk and the quiet calm back room

Cons

It can be a lot if you aren't very extroverted; It's a bit of an old-school work environment in regards to respectability politics; Some of the other employees are closeted bigots; The management has a union just like the lower-tier workers and they seem to choose people to employ who might not be so inclined to participate in the Union because they are at odds--they keep bonuses among themselves in management; They seem to be turning the first floor of the downtown branch into a processing hub for the whole system and it impacts customer service (because of the previously mentioned bigotry about our most frequent members, residents of the Downtown Lansing community); There's a 6 month review period where the Union can't protect the new employee and Management uses that window to sort people out who might be quality Union members and/or who they don't personally like. They're low-key transphobic (I'm trans and I waited a month or so to come out to a few people who work there--which I only did because they were talking about a trans person who works on 2nd floor--and I'm pretty sure they told other people because another long-time worker at this branch started to treat me with hostility around this time)--I think they decided the transphobic current employees transphobia is more worth protecting than improving.

4.0
14 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wonderful patrons, good PTO, and sweet gifts from patrons

Cons

Low pay but requires a college degree, Mostly part-time positions

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