Book publisher struggling to produce digital products and technology - Anonymous employee Macmillan Employee Review

2.0
Apr 18, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've worked with great people over the years. They provide decent benefits. The industry, while changing in a way that challenges publishers like Macmillan, is an exciting one.

Cons

Very top-down approach to running things. Because of the structure of the whole Macmillan company, the technology group is very separate from the rest of the business, and has historically performed very poorly. Salary is not great and has been stagnant (1.5% raises the last several years)

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