Morale is in the toilet - Anonymous employee Linda Hall Library Employee Review

Linda Hall Library offers competitive salaries, nice people to work with, and an environment dedicated to science and engineering. If you want to work somewhere that will value you as an individual and for your contributions to the team, Linda Hall Library is an outstanding option.

I can't think of any downside.

Decent PTO and kind co-workers who truly care about the organization and their work

The library has undergone many changes in the last couple of years, some good, most however to the detriment of library function and staff morale. All changes have not been for the good or longevity of the institution but simply because of unfounded personal whims of the president. Under the influence of the current president the rampant misogyny within this organization has become astonishing. Women within the organization are barely listened to, definitely not respected, and if a woman dares to have an opinion that differs with the president, they are belittled and ignored… or worse. There has been significant turnover in the last two years, with leadership refusing to backfill essential positions, and expecting other employees (typically younger professional women) to pick up the slack and take on extra work, all without appropriate promotion or compensation. Despite making claims of wanting to promote within the organization, any type of promotion is rare and outside hires are always preferred. The culture truly seems to be “make everyone as miserable as possible until they all willingly leave so they can be replaced with people we actually want” (i.e. white males). But don’t bother taking any of these concerns to leadership or any department overseeing employee operations, because advocating for the staff is last thing they are willing to do. Case in point, several members of staff do not make a living wage according to the MIT Living Wage Calculator. When this was brought to the attention of the appropriate parties within leadership and advocated for by a group of employees, they were told that it’s not possible within the operating budget. However there always seems to be room in the budget for the president and his “buds” within leadership to take lavish library paid for “research” trips all over the country, constant personal working lunches/coffees, and renovations to non-public spaces of the library simply for the president to have a cooler place to hold internal meetings. Behavior I would honestly expect from a president/CEO of a larger corporation, but not what I would assume should be the priority of an organization, that despite having a sizable endowment, is still a NONPROFIT.