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      Penguin Random House reviews

      3.9

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (1,191 total reviews)
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      Nihar Malaviya

      83% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      Penguin Random House has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,191 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
      2.0
      Feb 25, 2022

      Toxic work culture and poor management

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Books and vacation time, coworkers are generally nice when they aren't competing with you. Great place to start for entry-level if you can deal with department drama, little to no room for advancment though

      Cons

      No work life balance Low pay Being overworked is accepted and expected Incompetence and racism runs rampant in the Talent Acquisition and HR department, so don't bother to complain Diversity hiring is for show, save yourself the headache and look elsewhere

      2.0
      Jun 11, 2020

      😕

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits and work-life balance

      Cons

      Low salary, lack of upward mobility, lack of POC & bias with promotions. POC have to work two, three times as hard to receive a fraction of the praise & pay. Different divisions/publishing houses can be divisive & snobbish.

      5.0
      Nov 8, 2019

      Great company culture, problematic managers

      Assistant production editor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company culture is great and it feels very much like the company actually cares about its employees.

      Cons

      Publishing as a whole is a low-pay industry, but it feels extra insulting when working at the top publishing house in the world still doesn't pay you enough to live comfortably in NYC. Many divisions are run by bad managers that have been with the company for many years and are unwilling to change and adapt to new policies and technologies.

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