Sourcebooks reviews

2.1

25% would recommend to a friend

(118 total reviews)

Dominique Raccah

24% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Sourcebooks has an employee rating of 2.1 out of 5 stars, based on 118 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Sourcebooks employee rating is 44% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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118 reviews
1.0
Mar 31, 2024

Disappointing management

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Pros

This company is nothing short of talented employees.

Cons

The management of Sourcebooks is disappointing. The managers here do not possess any leadership skills, which makes them unqualified to be leaders. If you're expecting to be supported or given resources, then you will surely be disappointed because the management is not capable of providing these things.

1.0
Mar 30, 2022

Don't listen to the fake reviews

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Once upon a time Sourcebooks had a dismal 2 star review on Glassdoor. Notice how the last few dozen reviews are all positive with not a single negative critique? Does that seem suspicious to anyone? It's obvious and frankly pretty sad that the company forced people who still work there to write fake reviews just to get the ratings up. Don't believe a single one of them. The best (and only good part) about working at Sourcebooks is some of the co-workers. Aside from upper management, the people who work at Sourcebooks are hardworking and kind people and you will make friends with people there (especially when you are crying over some heinous thing your boss said to you or how many hours of work you are going to have to do into the wee hours of the morning).

Cons

Co-workers are underpaid, mistreated, and receiving the bare minimum when it comes to benefits. The worst part is the company will brainwash you with this "we're all a family" culture to make you think you are part of this special club when they are only saying those things to make you feel guilty as hell when you quit. They don't care about you and if they did they would pay you more, promote you, and treat you the way you deserve to be treated. Instead they go on and on about growth mindset and pressure you to work harder for the sake of the company. Why should you care about the company if you are not reaping any rewards? The very least they could offer you is a non-toxic workplace, but no such luck. There's a clique culture so that when you are in you are in, when you are out, you are very out and made to feel like an outsider. Co-workers are pitted against each other to create a competitive environment that makes you constantly feel on edge and isolated. If you had any friends at the company to begin with, you will lose them because of the things the company makes you do to succeed. The minute you achieve something in the workplace you are only rewarded with more work.

1.0
Feb 16, 2022

It wasn't a pleasant experience

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Pros

There's not much pros here and if there's any, maybe the regular pay and some learnings that came along with the experience.

Cons

The company was extremely short-staffed so we ended up being all over the place and covering the multiple hats. It was okay at first but then it became a permanent thing which already affected my work-life balance. Aside from that, we were always overworked but we never received any appreciation from the management. It was an awful experience to say the least.

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