Does British Museum pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, British Museum employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at British Museum. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at British Museum?

52% of British Museum employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated British Museum 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at British Museum?

Assistant Collection Manager (9) , Project Manager (7) , Visitor Services Assistant (7) , Security Officer (5) , Visitor Assistant (5) , Curator (4) , Visitor Welcome Assistant (4) , Assistant Collections Manager (3) , Sales Assistant (3) , Volunteer (3) , Administrative Assistant (2) , Administrator (2) , Assistant Project Manager (2) , Family Learning Facilitator (2) , Finance Assistant (2)

What are the pros of working at British Museum according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and place to work" ((in 22 reviews)); "The AV and Production is a great team to be a part of Work on exhibitions" ((in 9 reviews)); "You are always given the opportunity to make a contribution and feedback is welcomed." ((in 4 reviews)); "Strong Unions, beautiful building." ((in 4 reviews)); "Good benefits (ICOM Card, subsidised food (lunch under £3!), employee talks, etc.)" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at British Museum according to real employee reviews?

"The low salary is demotivating" ((in 17 reviews)); "The management doesn't care about the employees." ((in 5 reviews)); "Senior management will bully you if you do bend over backwards for them." ((in 4 reviews)); "Emanating from the top, a disdainful bully culture is being promulgated and projected throughout the institution." ((in 4 reviews)); "Management = they are always unorganised and making last minute requests and some managers are control freaks" ((in 3 reviews))

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British Museum Reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(149 total reviews)

Hartwig Fischer

59% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.3

Diversity and inclusion

3.2

Culture and values

2.6

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Career opportunities

2.5

Senior management

British Museum has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 149 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The British Museum employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

149 reviews

3.0

22 Feb 2024

Stable but low pay

Visitor welcome assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great team and lovely first managers

Cons

Low pay and customer facing job

4.0

21 Mar 2022

Unparalleled peers

Librarian: digital projects and services

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

I made some of the best friends of my life working at the British Museum. Wonderful, authentic people, cross-team kindness and a nurturing environment, lots of soft support available, free entry to exhibitions and around the city, staff canteen, staff parties, and a Christmas sale. Strong Unions, beautiful building. Colleagues for life.

Cons

Heirarchical structure with engendered mysogeny, depends who your boss is and your team culture, HR can be very slow to respond proactively to things. I got a new boss who was genuinely a bully and created one of the worst professional experiences I have ever had in my 10+year career, with a few employers. I can't believe they got hired, I am the third person to leave my longstanding team in three months.

3.0

10 Sept 2022

Toxic management culture

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

* On the whole, really lovely, dedicated, hard-working colleagues who are world-experts in their fields * Inspiring place to work because of the collection, interesting projects and the colleagues mentioned above * In comparison to other public arts organisations in London the pay in non-curatorial teams is quite good as far as I'm aware * Looks good on your CV

Cons

* Sometimes impossible workload * Little to no opportunity for progression within the Museum * Higher ups seem terrified to address the Museum's past, and to be fair they do receive very negative responses from the public and supporters no matter what they do as there are very vocal people on both sides * A truly toxic culture in many departments. Only now that I have moved to a different workplace where psychological safety is a focus do I realise just how damaging the environment at the Museum was. Blame culture, micro-management, no prioritisation to help with workload, concerns about other colleagues' behaviour to do with sexism and bullying not actioned at all.

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