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Westerville Public Library Reviews

3.3

62% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)
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Erin Francoeur

74% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Westerville Public Library has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Westerville Public Library employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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16 reviews
1.0
15 Aug 2023
Recommend
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Pros

They have some excellent employees who are great people. They go above and beyond their jobs.

Cons

For the love of god do not work here. Do not treat employees well at all. Do not reward or recognize hard work or length of employment. Management does not advocate for employees. They create an incredibly toxic and uncomfortable environment. . They zero in on employees who have been incredibly good to them and do their jobs well. They nitpick and shame. The HR person is terrible- is truly an HR person in the sense that she is not there in any way for employees she only the business of the library. Dress code is horrible. Has consistently been unevenly applied specifically to younger more conventionally attractive women. Employees have been subjected to cleavage tests. They have been told that they have to wear longer shirts etc to cover up because men will stare. Do not be fooled by their diversity efforts. They are truly doing it to look good. It is honestly so disappointing that the management destroys what could be a great place. They have overlooked and blamed employees for being the target of harassment. While working there I was failed by management.

3.0
17 Nov 2021

Needs Attention

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Retained staff through Covid, lots of effort put into patrons' happiness and programming, accommodating for most schedules, assistance in college tuition for MLIS education. Recent efforts towards diversity inclusion for staff has been promising.

Cons

Management across the board suffers from lack of trust, especially in HR, with repeated instances of discrimination, retaliation, and handing out punishments not approved in employee handbook. Instances of discrimination based on protected categories goes ignored for the sake of "drama". Fixes have been band-aid level and do not address key sources of personnel behavior, and likely will not until those responsible retire or are forced to leave. Staff afraid to confront due to previously mentioned retaliation.

3.0
8 Oct 2021

Too Cliquish

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good work environment and decent work equipment

Cons

Voice is not heard unless you are a member of management or belong to the librarian clique. Pay rate is skewed toward upper management and librarians Director doesn't listen to concerns and HR takes managers at their word instead of investigating claims.

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