Does HarperCollins pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, HarperCollins employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at HarperCollins. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at HarperCollins?

58% of HarperCollins employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated HarperCollins 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at HarperCollins?

Editorial Assistant (12) , Editor (11) , Manager (11) , Intern (9) , Editorial Intern (8) , Estagiário (8) , Assistant Editor (7) , Editorial (6) , Internship (6) , Author (5) , Marketing Assistant (5) , Marketing Coordinator (5) , Marketing Manager (5) , Sales (5) , Assistant (4)

What are the pros of working at HarperCollins according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and loved the work I did" ((in 61 reviews)); "benefits are good and fair." ((in 42 reviews)); "Free books and in a passion field" ((in 34 reviews)); "Great colleagues and good support" ((in 18 reviews)); "Great team" ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at HarperCollins according to real employee reviews?

"Workload and job expectations do not match the low pay." ((in 51 reviews)); "Low salaries which is common in publishing" ((in 34 reviews)); "Most individuals that come here tend stay and managers have 20" ((in 14 reviews)); "Upper management sometimes is not aware of what the workers do in a day to accomplish all that they do." ((in 13 reviews)); "Leadership is anti" ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about HarperCollins layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about HarperCollins layoffs and their outlook for job security at HarperCollins in 2026.

What are the top reviewed HarperCollins locations?

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HarperCollins reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(448 total reviews)

Brian Murray

66% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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HarperCollins has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 448 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HarperCollins employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

448 reviews

2.0

Apr 12, 2015

Toxic

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some creativity, liked my colleagues, steady paycheck

Cons

toxic work environment, everyone out for themselves, my direct boss was a horrible manager

5.0

Feb 13, 2015

Nurturing and creative environment

Assistant publicist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As an assistant, I feel valued and respected (a quality hard to find in entry-level jobs). Upper management truly cares about employees and there's lots of room for creativity. Even assistant publicists have the opportunity to manage their own publicity campaigns (with guidance from their managers). Authors can sometimes be difficult to work with but the experience of working one-on-one with them is invaluable. Plus, there's lot of free books.

Cons

Most of the HR personnel come from non-publishing backgrounds so they don't really understand what our day-to-day tasks look like or the challenges employees may face with their projects. The new office on 195 Broadway is beautiful but the open concept work stations is determental to collaborating with coworkers or making phone calls.

2.0

Feb 1, 2015

Very Corporate approach. It never felt that there was a lot of job security. Great products to be working on

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The author and books that the company attract are high profile and exciting to be involved with. They will often be in the best seller charts which makes it satisfying to be involved with them

Cons

There is always a sense that your position is insecure. This runs from top to bottom of the company. This makes is hard to stay motivated as you worry that you might be out next week.

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Toxic

Nurturing and creative environment

Very Corporate approach. It never felt that there was a lot of job security. Great products to be working on

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