Adler Planetarium Employer Reviews

I really enjoyed volunteering for Adler Planetarium. The children's endless curiosity made it less of a struggle to constantly repeat oneself. The children were always interested so the job was always interesting.
I would often set up a display with a partner and then explain the apparatus before handing out an activity that would allow the children – more... to enforce what they had learned. The hardest part about the job was if children were uninterested. – less

Space Visualization Lab has a lot of cool, new interactions here.

Working at the adler Planetarium was my first job, It was difficult in the beginning, but I got a hang of it.

Adler Planetarium is a place where people from all over the world come to learn more about their planet and the regions of space. It is a good place because many young people find employment, often for the first time. A typical day at work is usually greeting visitors with a smile and answering questions that they may have or directing them to the appropriate – more... persons to give them the information. I learned that space exploration is necessary to better understand our world and not a waste of money. Management at Adler trains employees well and they are always available through radio contact if a situation arises that should be handled immediately
My co-workers are a diverse group of people and we all interact well because the priority is the customer. Please the customer and the job is pretty simple to perform. The hardest part of my job is standing or walking for up to six hours. The most enjoyable part of my job is seeing people happy and enjoying the museum and helping them to not wander around lost in that huge place. – less

I arrived 30 minutes before opening and got the store ready to do business. I would allocate various tasks with an eye to special skills my employees had. On Monday mornings I was responsible for weekly reports and bank deposits. The day progressed much like that of a typical small store, with periodic spikes in customers. (At times so extreme that – more... the guards had to restrict the inflow.)
I learned a great deal there, not just about business management, but the subject matter of the establishment, i.e. astronomy and related fields. I learned all aspects of marine navigation from renowned mariners, optical system construction from celebrated craftsmen, and even quantum mechanics from a Nobel Prize laureate.
Co-workers in the early days were most often hired from the Univ. of Chicago's student body, later on from more diverse sources. Generally co-workers were quite educated.
The hardest part of the job came when the manager left and I was given all his duties with just a small pay raise. (This did not include being given the title of manager, either.) Then I was assigned an increasing number of duties formerly done by other departments. Year by year, the work load increased at a far greater rate than my salary.
There were wonderful things about working there, particularly for one whose prime love in life was astronomy: meeting famous people in the field, learning from some of the foremost authorities, having fun at members' events. – less

I worked with a great group of other teen interns. I was part of the people that presented activity carts to visitors at the museum. The interaction with visitors was awesome and I enjoyed meeting people from all over the world. This job also allowed me to see Chicago in a different way.