Mixed bag of Children's Publishing vs Childish Politics
Pros
Diversity in terms of men vs women in all ranks is pretty solid vs. other companies. Women excel in this publishing arena from sales to finance and get their fair share of promotion opportunities Location in Soho is pretty cool for young folks particularly. Creative and energetic atmosphere. Theme of business is education of children thru reading. Offer a lot of classroom orientation discussions in their meeting rooms on topics like strategies to get children to read more, read better and so on conducted by educators and doctors in the field. Great benefits and fair pay vs the industry. Hours can vary but leans towards fair in most departments. Beautiful building and most managers and above had separate offices
Cons
Finance driven culture Layoffs can come in waves Heavy reliance on part time or contract workers with no benefits Cramped quarters for non-management workers Communication bw mgmt. and workers could use some improvement Diversity of ethnicity was very weak with no signs of improving Quoted bonus offerings rarely met due to less than planned performance business wide
