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Houston Grand Opera Reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)

Anthony Freud

51% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Houston Grand Opera has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Houston Grand Opera employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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42 reviews
4.0
16 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Small company, great benefits, and able to make your role yours

Cons

Gossip within the workplace, there comes a point that you may reach burn out with the amount of work and tight deadlines

2.0
1 Feb 2026

Political Minefield

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work with people who care about music, the arts and Houston as a community

Cons

Lots of hierarchal agility required. Male-dominated workplace. Board has a lot of sway over daily matters without actually knowing from lived experience what the work entails. Male employees paid significantly more than female employees for equivalent work.

2.0
30 Oct 2025

Be really careful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Reputable company with dedicated staff members - High-quality productions with artistic merit - Some great colleagues in each department

Cons

- Overworked and underappreciated for the efforts put in by entry and mid-level staff members of certain departments - Management's expectations continue to rise to an unachievable standard once a previous bar has been set. They make accommodations for fundraising staff who are high achievers, but who are not team players, and take out their frustrations on the lowest people on the totem pole. Constant conflicting opinions about job performance and approval processes from higher-level staff. Very micromanaging, The Executive leaders need to know every detail of everything happening in the organization. High lack of trust in others. - I have heard managers and senior officials refer to their subordinates as "incompetent" or plot ways to get rid of employees by backing them into a corner that they cannot get out of. - Rumors and gossip about other employees are all too frequent. - Pay attention to the very high turnover rate and organizational restructuring in recent years

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Glassdoor has 46 Houston Grand Opera reviews submitted anonymously by Houston Grand Opera employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Houston Grand Opera is right for you.