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It's one of the worst places to work.
Admin Support Personnel (Former Employee), washington, dc –
Cons: harassment, liers and set people up
They are racist, they lie and scheme on their employees, they are quick to suspend and slow to promote. They set people up and they lie to Congress.
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Bakery Attendant In Charge of Main Cafeteria (Former Employee), Washington, DC –
bakery attendant strong surveillance skills to oversee a group of employees. accomplished bakery duties including prepping,setting a cafetria bdkery for opening business.
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Standing assinment very challenging
Security Officer (Former Employee), Washington, DC –
Cons: very short breaks after standing for hours
The muesum opened @ 11a, greeted visitor to muesum if assigned to doors, if assigned to a post, you held that position and made certain exhibits were not being damaged while allowing visitors to enjoy nations tresures.
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theressa – May 25, 2012

Modern Day Slavery in the guise of employment.

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fun place to work
Clerical Associate (Current Employee), Washington, DC –
Pros: friendly environment, and opportunity to learn
Cons: no comments
Working in Smithsonian is not only a fun place to work, but one can learn and acquire knowledge, skills
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Fun working place
Museum Protection Officer/Special Police Officer (Current Employee), Washington, DC –
This is a very intresting place to work you get to meet people from all over the world you get to meet all kind of organization heavy customer services contact.Put on a nice smile and greet the visitors.Respond to emergency or other unusual situation.Enjoyable place to work interact with the visitor is fun to talk with the guest.Hardest part of the – more...  job is at closing time when you have to tell the guest the building is closing. – less
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Great place to grow!
Grant and Contract Administrator (Former Employee), Wahington DC –
Pros: great atmosphere!
I had a great experience there! Great management and leadership.
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Fun workplace with lots of people from all over the world.
Museum Protection Officer (Former Employee), Natural History Museum –
Pros: mass crowd exposure
Cons: long hours standing and walking
I enjoyed working at the Smithsonian Institution as a Museum Protection Officer. The position was initially a summer program, however, due to the extensive positive feedback from the on-site staff members that I interacted with on a daily basis, the supervising officer offered me a permanent position for as long as the program existed. I remained there – more...  for about 8 years working week-ends. – less
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It's fun to work when meeting Visitors
Security Officer (Current Employee), Washington D.C. –
Pros: good staff
Cons: lack of supervision from management.
The Smithsonian Institution has a few problem with their management/supervisor level, when it comes to suporting their OPS Officers against accusations place against the officers, management have a problem supporting their security staff.
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