HarperCollins reviews

Senior VP bosses are not equipped with technology at all and rely a lot on junior employees to keep the trains moving. You turnover can also mean that you are doing more than one person’s job at a time until you get to the publicist or full time editor level. This can make it tough to have autonomy over your work schedule

Once my direct supervisor left, I was supervised by their former manager, who was incompetent and petty. I was expected to take on more responsibilities without a promotion or commensurate raise in pay. I was repeatedly blocked from pursuing other lateral and vertical moves within the company. This is true everywhere in publishing, but the pay for this role was well below market rates, and well below what my direct supervisor advocated for paying me. Roles at HCCP have rate limits, and you can't make over $40K as a Marketing Associate, even if your work is deserving of it. They also handled the transition to remote work poorly: only a measly $500 stipend and no raises for the 2020 fiscal year--despite the company overall having an extremely profitable year. I got basically the same role elsewhere (not in publishing) with a significant increase in salary, more time off, more opportunity for advancement, and a less demoralizing and toxic work environment at a fully remote company.