Does World Science Festival pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, World Science Festival employees rate their compensation and benefits as 1.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at World Science Festival. This rating has decreased by 12% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at World Science Festival?

19% of World Science Festival employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated World Science Festival 2.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 1.7 for culture and values and 1.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at World Science Festival?

Production Assistant (3) , Anonymous (2) , Producer (2)

What are the pros of working at World Science Festival according to real employee reviews?

"creative mission, interesting work, good opportunities to connect with people in the field of science, enthusiastic public audience, smart people." ((in 2 reviews))

What are the cons of working at World Science Festival according to real employee reviews?

". The staff is fantastic, but management is horrible, they rule by fear, and they also will blatantly lie." ((in 5 reviews)); "Yes you can have a bad work environment" ((in 3 reviews))

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2.1

19% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

Tracy Day

Not enough data to show CEO approval

22% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

2.4

Diversity and inclusion

2.3

Work/Life balance

1.9

Compensation and benefits

1.8

Career opportunities

1.7

Culture and values

1.7

Senior management

World Science Festival has an employee rating of 2.1 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The World Science Festival employee rating is 46% below average for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

19 reviews

1.0

18 Jun 2026

Toxic workplace with miserable culture

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

None. Toxic workplace. Stay away

Cons

These are the most miserable people I’ve ever met. No raise, no bonus, poor salary, abusive CEO.

1.0

8 Aug 2025

Stay far far away

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Cool Mission and good content

Cons

Management does not support staff or know what they are doing.

2.0

19 Apr 2024

Extreme staff turnover

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Interesting mission, execution is stale and does not evolve

Cons

Founders are incompetent managers, they have high turnover of production and development personnel, and have a passion and skill for alienating staff and burning bridges.

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