Pros
If you're an academic, nerd, or history lover, this job fosters so much appreciation, knowledge, and curiosity about the history of Las Vegas and sign design. A lot of college students do well at this job because they offer seasonal steady schedules that you can work around school schedules. Most of the docents that you'll work with are really cool and enjoy the food and culture of Las Vegas. They're unique and do cool stuff outside of work. It's a great place to make friends as well.
Cons
The work is hard, especially if you are more of an introvert- it's a lot of public interaction and speaking. The tours are an hour long of you just talking, fairly loudly and answering guests' questions. The worst is in the summer when you're doing tours at 11am, and it's hot, and people physically pass out on tours even at 9pm this happens. The admin staff abuse their power and have no sympathy for the docent staff. These docents are so committed to giving guests the best experience possible and growing their appreciation and understanding of Las Vegas, but the bloated-ego admins take advantage of that passion and rarely recognize how much these part-time employees give to the cause. They'll ask you to even donate to the museum, but most of us don't make enough to survive. The admin tell you what to do with your tips- either refuse to take them or donate them. This is illegal in the state of Nevada. They have also docked your pay check if your drawer was short- also ILLEGAL. They don't care. Their egos are too big to care about doing what's right vs what will make them more money. Don't get involved in extra projects unless it's with one of the nicer admin staff. They again don't really appreciate the work that you do, and then they take credit for it. They might even steal the project from you. It will take you possibly 3 years to move from docentry into a admin or assistant role even if you give it your all and are very qualified. Most of the tenured staff have no idea what goes on or what works at the physical museum and make changes because they seem bored or meddle in something outside of their job description. The admins stalk part-time and full time employees social media and make you take posts down. They recently fired someone for posting on FB about how they might have an opportunity to move in 6 weeks, and how it would mean leaving the Neon Museum even though they love their job there. The next day, a power crazy admin took this docent away from La Concha and immediately fired them. They have also harassed employees and written up female employees for not smiling enough. This is so sexist and out of place in a museum run mostly by women. Again, you could try to avoid some of this crazy nonsense, but it seems increasingly difficult to do so. The turn over rate for employees is fairly high.