World Book reviews

2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(53 total reviews)

Geoff Broderick

42% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

World Book has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The World Book employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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53 reviews
3.0
May 21, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-Love the people. Managers are great, and everyone in the home office is very friendly

Cons

-Lack of communication at times

1.0
Mar 16, 2020

Run, Don't Walk...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Clean offices in a good location. Great non-fiction books.

Cons

Flip-flopping leadership can't make or stick to a decision or communicate their thinking properly with employees on both large and small decisions. Mixed messages or no messages from leadership are more common than not. There's a lot of turnover as soon as people realize what they've gotten themselves into. Micro-management at it's worst. Some managers often bullied, belittled and chastised team members creating an environment of fear instead of coaching and mentorship. Many coworkers reported feeling bullied and pits in stomachs (as I did) when dealing with direct managers. The silent office atmosphere is almost oppressive and antiquated, For a small company, there were many coworkers who I never met or refused the most basic of common courtesy greetings. The list goes on. And on. And on.

1.0
Jul 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working with librarians, teachers and the editorial staff was absolutely wonderful. Too bad the management cannot point things in the right direction! Worst management I have had in 10 years of sales.

Cons

I was promised more compensation than was actually offered and the practices here are underhanded and deceptive. During my time there the marketing department turnover was nearly 100%, territory allotments were completely misrepresented and I had a direct manager who would routinely treat me with disrespect and create red flag situations with me and other employees. No direction, no real plan or initiatives and I actually felt like I regressed in my career at this job.

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