Boston Children's Museum Reviews

Pros

There are some wonderful people who work at the museum who genuinely want to do good, and it can be a very fun environment.

Cons

Very low pay, even by museum standards. Employees are rewarded for work anniversaries with $10 gift cards (an amount that doesn't even go up for each year you've worked there). Busy work days just mean getting pizza or snacks, no other compensation. Management/museum senior staff doesn't appreciate the contributions of floor staff, even if they're creating or leading programming. Floor staff are treated more like children than adults.

Pros

Leadership Fun environment Benefits Work-life balance

Cons

Nothing was a negative for me

Pros

The staff are supportive, especially the managers. People are considerate and there is a culture of helping each other, whether that means helping clean, covering each other for breaks, or talking through stressful happenings.

Cons

Pay is pretty low. Sometimes office positions open, so there is room for upward mobility, but not generally.

Pros

Fun working with the kids, flexible hours, cool coworkers, great environment

Cons

Kids are a lot!! Very draining (but rewarding), difficult commute some days

Pros

Nice coworkers. Positive environment. Flexible schedule.

Cons

Minimum wage position with limited upward movement

Pros

Fun work environment, I enjoy my work. Good colleague too

Cons

Low salary, long hours, no perks. Broke as hell

Pros

Amazing colleagues and support! There’s a great team effort, which is always appreciative.

Cons

None that come to mind.

Pros

Fun environment. Great if you like working with kids. Can be a great Museum starter job.

Cons

The Museum does not pay its employees a livable wage. This is most evident at the floor staff level, but is also true for coordinators and others. Salaries are extremely low when compared to other Museums in the Greater Boston area. Many of the floor staff work multiple jobs in order to pay rent. Desired qualifications (advanced degrees, etc) are not consistent with salaries. Instead of real perks or bonuses, staff are given pizza parties or donuts on busy days. For work anniversaries $10 gift cards are given out.

Pros

Wonderful, creative, a happy joyful place to be

Cons

Parking is an expensive challenge

Pros

Healthy team-oriented culture & a good work-life balance. Really feels like the people care about you, not just your performance.

Cons

Slow advancement opportunities; a good place to build skills, but not a steady career path. You need to figure out what you want to do to make the most of your time here.