New England Aquarium Reviews
Updated Aug 10, 2022
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Vikki Spruill
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- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Direct supervisors are great and care about their staff. Fellow employees share same mindset and goals. Gain lots of knowledge from staff that have been there for a long time (the few that remain)
Cons
The VPs and CEO are greatly disconnected from the staff. No clue as to what it's like to work here. The senior leadership spends lots of money on themselves (salaries, retreats, office furniture) but the lower staff get very little
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
• Lots of information around the animals so you don’t have to know it all when you start • Positions are all easy • Departments management is great
Cons
• Bad pay • Higher management in main offices don’t care about staff in aquarium building - only one helped with vaccine checks, checking in on staff during cold/hot days, and asking us what we need • No enforcement for what behaviors are allowed at the aquarium and not, including harassment and discrimination from visitors/members. • Most animal care departments are run on volunteers so there isn’t much room for employment.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Interactions with the public and ocean animals Teaching vital conservation topics Working with students, adults, and young children
Cons
Sometimes difficult to advance within company, as people don't often leave Salary can make living in Boston and surrounding area difficult financially Sometimes disconnect between executives and frontline workers
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good opportunity too work with people
Cons
Working with people by nature is a difficult thing to do
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Great people to work with, great mission
Cons
The pay/compensation is not good
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good hours and being on the water
Cons
Long days in the summer
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Caring Staff and Supervisors, always supportive
Cons
pay, hours ,benefits and the crazy shifts
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Free Admission to the aquarium
Cons
Extremely boring and low pay
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Flexible work plan (location, time, holidays) Benefits Get to visit Aquarium animals Mission-based organization
Cons
Not a lot of room for growth Management isn't always good
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Mission-driven work, dedicated employees, a commitment to offering flexible work arrangements, and a new VP of HR who is addressing issues of compensation, equity, and morale head-on.
Cons
Suffered heavy losses during the pandemic—financially and among workforce. Experiencing high turnover right now. It will likely take years for the organization to fully recover.
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New England Aquarium has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 113 reviews left anonymously by employees. 64% of employees would recommend working at New England Aquarium to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.
64% of New England Aquarium employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated New England Aquarium 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at New England Aquarium to be benefits, coworkers and the cons to be career development, senior leadership, management.
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