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Liberty Science Center Reviews

2.9

35% would recommend to a friend

(109 total reviews)

Paul Hoffman

49% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Liberty Science Center has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 109 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Liberty Science Center employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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109 reviews
4.0
18 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Staff was typically very friendly and nice end of the year bonus

Cons

Entitled parents would oftentimes get into fights with the workers

2.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Enjoyable coworkers, fun topics in STEM to teach about

Cons

Low pay, demanding work environment, different schedule every week, frequently performing tasks and duties not part of the job description, often hostile workplace environment

2.0
1 May 2026

Incredibly toxic culture and micromanagement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Proximity to NYC and having ASTC membership for free tickets at other museums was great.

Cons

Extremely toxic work environment. The head of HR is a well-known insane person who targets people she doesn't like, or if you request any sort of accommodation. Management overall is unwilling to work with employees who do not fit their ideal mold, but claim to be inclusive. For example, in an industry that often attracts neurodiverse workers, they are appalled at the idea of wanting lowered lights in the office, at allowing work-from-home, or accepting that others might have different ways of communicating and interacting with others. "Optional" social lunches or gatherings are thrown back at employees in their quarterly reviews if not attended, claiming that you are not invested as a team member. On a similar note, employees are not at all valued by management. Guest ambassadors are infantilized and micromanaged, with a yearly purge happening at the end of spring where ambassadors are fired over things like clocking in 2 minutes late or taking out a phone to check the time. In other departments, there is zero upward mobility and a high turnover rate-- the manager and director of STEM Education, for example, both openly admitting this and saying if they can keep people for 3-5 years, that's all they can hope for. Burnout happens incredibly fast under these circumstances. The only people who do seem to be able to stay for beyond that time are those who are a department of one, or who simply fail upward by never advocating for themselves or their teams. Overall, employees are completely overworked, and over time will have more and more responsibility heaped on them with less and less support or reward. Despite desperately needing a union for this and other reasons, employees are terrified to attempt organization because the know that when last it was even mentioned, all those employees were purged from their jobs.

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