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2.8

35% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)
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David Prichard

28% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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2.0
Apr 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Nice committed long time employees trying to do the best for libraries

Cons

Poor leadership are all about taking their very large incentive pay and talking down to the rank and file. The CEO sits in his fireplace office and tells everyone they should like the open office space he designed. Openly mocks employees who don't blindly follow him and works on his next book or podcast to build his personal brand. Rest of executive mgt team uses their corporate cards as their own piggy bank, charging personal expenses. They don't have expertise to lead but they got there by being friends of Skip and being yes men/women. CFO doesn't live in Columbus but wants everyone else to. Most of the financials aren't shared and it is borderline unethical. They keep the 990 under lock and key but check out glassdoor as they eventually will have it if you want to see the compensations of some of these people.

1.0
Mar 4, 2023

Not recommended

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and work life balance

Cons

Toxic management No directions No growth Salary not par with industry for current employers!!

1.0
Feb 7, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the employees at OCLC are genuinely sincere in their love for technology and the library world. I have never met a group more passionate and in love with libraries and library technology. The benefits offered are good and the overall goal the companies tagline strives for is something to get behind.

Cons

There is a fundamental disregard for any employee that does not agree with the current leadership on every level. Employees are encouraged to share their opinions of the work place, only to have leadership take those private opinions to the rest of the company and declare the employee as the real problem. Technology is laughably behind the rest of the industry but new features continue to be pushed out for a small, vocal minority of customers while majority want stability and issues fixed in the products. System issues that were predicted years ago are coming to a head and the blame is on the workers. CEO spends more time talking about how to work and the benefits of work and the philosophy of leadership than actually being a leader. The company feels like an afterthought and revenue is all that's on his mind. Building is rotting from the inside. Flooring and carpet from the 80s make the air thick and moist, while the "new and improved" renovated floors promote an open floor plan that no one likes or wanted. Offices have been removed in favor of shared spaces where little work is done. Full WFH is seen as an impossibility despite 2 years of it, and leadership sweeps any feedback under the rug. There is little regard for the actual needs of libraries unless they fill the coffers to the brim, only for the products and support of them to be lackluster as little to no money is spent on hiring much needed staff or raising wages to the appropriate market level. Company claims wages match the library market, despite being a tech company, but it is only a tech company when that title benefits the company and brings in awards rather than improving workers wages. It's depressing that a company with so much potential is willing to burn through passionate workers for the sake of having the bar graph with next years revenue higher than the last.

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