LYRASIS Reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Robert Miller

86% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

LYRASIS has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LYRASIS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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33 reviews
2.0
8 Dec 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits package includes 4 weeks vacation, extremely liberal 403(b) employee match, great medical/dental coverage.

Cons

Environment tends to not be welcoming to outsiders (those not from library profession). Upper management tends to operate in a very "reactive" vs "proactive" manner. Experience, work ethic and proven skills don't seem to be taken into consideration regarding promotions, raises, etc.

2.0
4 Jan 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are good, life balance with plenty of time off. Of course there are some good people working there, but none stay because they are not inspired or challenged to do their best work.

Cons

Too many to list, but the biggest Con is the executive leader, so called CEO, who lacks any strategic vision or courage to actually lead. When I started I was hopefull for the opportunity to contribute to a non profit, but quickly learned it is a very passive-aggressive org and she/CEO never stays with a single priority for long. The nitpicking and micro management is unbelievably bad, literally every decision has to be approved by CEO, this is because she does not trust employees enough to delegate to them for their expertise. CEO keeps the entire staff in constant reaction mode - always chasing the last thing she heard or read someoEd say was a good idea. It is truely a sad place and running it for years this has been a collessal waste of library and tax payer resources.

1.0
10 Feb 2012

The worst professional job that I've had by far.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The health benefits were very good and the 4 weeks of vacation time was extremely generous for a company of their size (less than 100 employees).

Cons

Leadership is not competent. Their planning efforts are late and shallow when they do them at all, and then they change course constantly. They need to focus on far fewer company goals, resource them properly, empower staff to make decisions, display some patience, and communicate better in all ways.

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