Pros
Non-leadership staff are so kind and knowledgeable, decent PTO, unique collection, usually pretty quiet work spaces
Cons
This place is run by people who do not care about libraries, education, scholarly work, or the importance of this collection. They want to (and have already taken steps to) turn it into a museum/ event space where the library collection is a backdrop, rather than the focus. The President and his yes men go unchecked as they blow through budgets on remodeling projects for non-public spaces, private trips disguised as work trips, and gaudy exhibitions. Instead, they slash budgets from all other departments, but especially the collections budget. A collection that is rapidly deteriorating and running out of physical room, by the way. Anyone who dissents about how things are being managed is either forced out, demoted, or otherwise silenced by administration. Recently, as staff has continued to rapidly turn over, they have begun siloing areas of the library from one another and they have discontinued all elective committees where staff could potentially mix and form relationships. Information only seems to make it's way to the rest of the staff via the rumor mill because ELT only speaks to us with vague corporate lingo instead of truthful, transparent communication. And you might as well not even bother holding leadership to their word as they often back track, rewrite, or fully deny previously shared information. This place is incredibly reactionary - only creating guidelines and policies after something happens to staff or if staff complain long enough for a solution. They have even gone as far as flagging truthful reviews here to avoid accountability for how unhappy staff is here. I'm sure this review will also get flagged too but I'm tired of staying silent.