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      Penguin Random House reviews

      3.9

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (1,193 total reviews)
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      Nihar Malaviya

      75% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      Penguin Random House has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,193 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Penguin Random House employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      1K reviews
      5.0
      Dec 31, 2016

      Amazing place to work!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing people, benefits and culture

      Cons

      Pay in publishing is hard but the benfits certainly make up for the pay

      2.0
      Dec 26, 2016

      Editorial

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people, the books, the atmosphere. But this is all pre-RH takeover--pardon me, I mean "merger."

      Cons

      Random House management is craven and awful. I know this sounds like hyperbole. It's not.

      3.0
      Dec 21, 2016

      Very Corporate

      Designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The benefits seem to be the best you can get for the book publishing industry.

      Cons

      Very corporate, and the atmosphere is very cliquey. Feels like a sorority house. People seem consistently overloaded with work. Investment in their employees is not their top priority. It's more about how fast and efficiently you can churn out those books. It's not about your creativity here, it's about how you interpret someone else's ideas.

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