Pros
BBG is a beautiful institution staffed with amazing people who give their all to the collection and programs. The folks in Education, Horticulture, and Development are some of the most passionate, hardworking, and intelligent people i've met in any cultural institution. The culture outside of senior management is really great and work life balance is one of the best in the field outside of custodial and security who are frequently called in at the last minute. I think BBG is a great place to be at if your expectations are realistic and understand that you will be compensated way below market rate, upward mobility will be severely limited and rooted in favoritism, and plan to use this position as a stepping stone towards something else.
Cons
Some of senior management seem to have an adversarial relationship to staff, particularly in HR who are consistently cold and misleading with no accountability for their sometimes life altering mistakes. Some members of management seems to treat security and custodial, and other blue collar employees with little respect. All major decisions are made by a board who only ever interacts with VPs and remain ignorant of staff's concerns. Turnover has been massive across all departments as salaries are kept at a 1990s level, while senior management has enjoyed consistent raises. BBG is surprised when 20% of staff leave every few years, despite the cost of living sky rocketing in the area for at least 20 years. They would much rather replace amazing employees with proven track records and institutional knowledge who want to stay with young inexperienced employees on the cheap than give raises or a cost of living adjustment more than 01%. BBG will happily spend millions on shiny new buildings, consulting firms to address issues that staff already know the solution to, and outside contractors though.