Thanks to the leadership, the early years were creative and productive, but in recent years, management stifled all that - Anonymous employee ProQuest Employee Review

2.0
Nov 21, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There's a lot of smart, capable and pleasant people in all the offices, and with decent benefits and salaries, but the best opportunities in terms of job growth and promotions are mainly confined to the Ann Arbor HQ office. The products produced, especially the long-established ones, are of high quality and well-regarded by the customers, which contributes to a positive pride-in-product attitude among the employees.

Cons

If you are not in Ann Arbor, having your opinion seriously considered is challenging. Independent thinking and calculated risk taking are not encouraged and when they occasionally are, they usually get mired in over-engineered project plans and too many rounds of meetings. The lack of an official compensation time policy especially for those that have to travel, fosters the idea that management does not trust their work force.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Working for ProQuest was great. Great pay. Great communication with HR and all the departments I interacted with. It was a great working environment with solid teams and highly skilled managers leading those teams.

Cons

No cons that I can speak of.

1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent work life balance, great coworkers

Cons

Little room for advancement - 1 actual promotion and 2 “lateral” promotions in 10 years despite consistent exemplary, goal-exceeding performance and increased responsibilities. Ultimately my loyalty was rewarded by being informed that the following quarter there would be a surprise transfer to move me to another team in a specialist role that “was not open to discussion.” After weeks of trying to get answers as to the expectations and success metrics for this (alleged) new role, I was laid off as part of a “restructuring” - supposedly because I “lacked seniority” in the “new role” I’d been forced to take.

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