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Pittsburgh Symphony

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All the wrong people are given accolades. - Anonymous employee Pittsburgh Symphony Employee Review

2.0
25 Aug 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The majority of the people working there are wonderful. The lower you go on the ladder, the more genuine and hard-working the people are, the more they care about the organization. The young employees are devoted, fun, and hard-working.

Cons

No one is held accountable for when things go wrong, so it makes it hard to care about things going right. The lowest-paid people are the ones running the place, and the highest-paid people get all the credit, even though they have slowly driven the organization into the ground. The orchestra is magnificent; unfortunately, they are a bunch of morose snobs who think the staff live to serve them and not the *patrons.* Going to a performance is a big bummer because the performers look annoyed and irritated the entire time instead of, you know, like they are getting paid six figures (STARTING SALARY) to do what they love every weekend. There is no communication and all of the supervisors push their responsibilities off because no one likes conflict, which results in some gross people eeking by and bringing the work quality down.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Great musicians, a lot of skilled administrative colleagues

Cons

The pay is bad, even for a nonprofit in a low cost-of-living area. There are a lot of skilled administrators who start work here only to leave rapidly or burn out and leave the industry entirely. Because of a disconnect with senior leadership, administrators are set up to fail, which is a shame.

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