Does HarperCollins pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, HarperCollins employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at HarperCollins. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at HarperCollins?

58% of HarperCollins employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated HarperCollins 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at HarperCollins?

Editorial Assistant (12) , Editor (11) , Manager (11) , Intern (9) , Editorial Intern (8) , Estagiário (8) , Assistant Editor (7) , Editorial (6) , Internship (6) , Author (5) , Marketing Assistant (5) , Marketing Coordinator (5) , Marketing Manager (5) , Sales (5) , Assistant (4)

What are the pros of working at HarperCollins according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and loved the work I did" ((in 61 reviews)); "benefits are good and fair." ((in 45 reviews)); "Free books and in a passion field" ((in 33 reviews)); "Great colleagues and good support" ((in 19 reviews)); "Many great coworkers who love books." ((in 16 reviews))

What are the cons of working at HarperCollins according to real employee reviews?

"Workload and job expectations do not match the low pay." ((in 50 reviews)); "Low salaries which is common in publishing" ((in 34 reviews)); "Most individuals that come here tend stay and managers have 20" ((in 15 reviews)); "Upper management sometimes is not aware of what the workers do in a day to accomplish all that they do." ((in 13 reviews)); "Leadership is anti" ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about HarperCollins layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about HarperCollins layoffs and their outlook for job security at HarperCollins in 2026.

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HarperCollins reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(448 total reviews)

Brian Murray

66% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Senior management

3.0

Career opportunities

HarperCollins has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 448 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HarperCollins employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

448 reviews

2.0

Apr 10, 2016

Clown car

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Nobu coming to lobby- too bad nobody from HC can afford it with our sub par salaries.

Cons

HR posts fake reviews to glassdoor- huge red flag. Digital oops in Stone Age- just updated their systems with 1990s aged technology. Cronyism rampant/ sexual discrimination pervasive. Managed as you would expect from a newscorp owned company. Vanity press for republican authors.

1.0

Mar 21, 2016

IT Dept Review

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Big Name in Publishing Downtown Books Light Good food around

Cons

Politics and Politics Systems are dated. When I was interviewed ,After getting offer letter i just asked to change the start date.I had never see the biggest drama of my life.

2.0

Oct 1, 2015

Not good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Free books, and that's about it.

Cons

All of the problems at HarperCollins stem from one common misconception: that low-level employees are machines that exist only to answer phones and make appointments. Upper management is uniformly terrible. Internal promotion is nil. Communication between departments is horrendous, and not helped by the general culture of cattiness permitting the office. Seriously, my boss was cartoonishly bad. Don't work here.

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