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Sydney Opera House Reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(81 total reviews)

48% positive business outlook

Sydney Opera House has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 81 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sydney Opera House employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.9 stars).

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81 reviews
4.0
6 Dec 2016

Sydney Opera House

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great team, enjoyable work environment, some awesome events.

Cons

Is it an Arts Venue, is it a museum, is it a tour operator? Losing it's way as it is trying to be too many things at the same time.

3.0
7 Jul 2019

Good but dysfunctional

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working with interesting people with diverse interests, Fitness Passports, EAP, free onsite fitness classes, ballot system for free tickets.

Cons

Senior Management and Exec Team are very dysfunctional and exhibit bullying behaviour which even when reported on goes unresolved. Career progression is extremely difficult, SOH doesn't develop it's own talent, it prefers to hire new. With renewal, redundancies are frequent with SOH often losing business critical skills for months at a time until a less experienced but cheaper staff member can take over.

2.0
17 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- There are a lot of great people who work there, but they don't last long. - Many memorable performances.

Cons

- A tiny number of First Nations and POC staff, and high turnover due to burnout. These staff are expected to advise senior leadership and curators on how not to be racist or "problematic". - No commitments to a racially diverse workforce. Any chance of this is obscured by bureaucratic process and workplace surveys. - The "Reconciliation Action Plan" is a smokescreen for raking in funding at the expense and exhaustion of its (very tiny amount of) First Nations staff.

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