stocking associate

curatorial assistant

assistant store manager

guest service agent

retail sales associate

The Museum of Modern Art

What is the best part of working at the company?
Horrible working environment. Managers and supervisors (Security supervisors and security managers are very unprofessional)

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being under pressure for no apparent reason supervisors and security management makes the job uncomfortable. Treats security guards with no respect 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible work environment at a times. Nobody wanna speak up due to being scared to lose job 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Looking over your shoulder work environment is very uncomfortable

It is never good to work at a private institution were all the department are aggressive towards the front line of the museum which is the most important at this time there is no cooperation no unity and no respect to the security officers that work at the MoMA the museum of modern art and we work very hard everyday and every week right now it is under construction and these construction workers talk to us like we're trash they show us no respect and the construction workers truck to the security as trash

Very stressful and loud environment to work if you're in the lobby or store. You have to train the new hires and temps, management doesn't do that. You never know if you'll be reprimanded for being one minute late in the morning, or for calling out after your vacation because you got sick. People usually request additional days off just in case to avoid getting a written warning.
You have to endure racist comments and disrespect from the visitors and members and avoid calling a manager to help because at the end they'll walk them in and apologize for your reaction.

Artfood at MoMA(operated by USHG) is a fantastic company that develops it talent from within. 
The family values are followed by staff and management alike.
It is a challenging environment that requires focus and determination but the rewards are invaluable.

There were two shows happened when I did volunteer thing there. One was for remembering the origin of humanbeings and the other was European modern art. I assisted the department head with managing the order, introduced different pieces as a guider for customers, collated clients' information and send emails to them if we have new events... I thought the most interesting part was to meet various people in different background based on the common hobby that we all love art.

A typical day at work would include meeting various types of people, learning about all different types of art pieces and the occasional concert security or company party.

The job, as long you don't try to play politics to get it your way and are flexible then its enjoyable in that respect alongside with regular raises and great benefits that rival municipal jobs. Just don't expect to get any cozy positions for many, many years or even any weekend off since things are on a seniority scale here for better of for worse rather than work ethic most of time. 

It is just big enough to allow for a lot of opportunities and experiences. But not so big that you get lost in the shuffle. Great place to work from 21-25 but not much opportunity for advancement after that. Lots of people stay in the same job for a long time because they like the museum and you don't have to work too hard. Not a great place if you are ambitious.

The people who work at MoMA are fantastic, intelligent, committed, generally very kind. Unfortunately, the upper management does not seem interested in compensation for staff, in promotions, in salary increases except the minimum and don't seem to care that there is high turnover because of this. The workload just keeps getting heavier without staff increases.

Great place to work: good benefits, average compensation. Culture of meeting and talking, rather than doing often gets in the way of productivity, but in general the atmosphere is great and the work is interesting.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Stocking associate 10 salaries reported	$18.96 per hour
Curatorial assistant 11 salaries reported	$72,764 per year
Assistant store manager 8 salaries reported	$64,500 per year
Guest service agent 10 salaries reported	$22.51 per hour
Retail sales associate 2 salaries reported	$26.59 per hour

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