Macmillan reviews

3.8

59% would recommend to a friend

(424 total reviews)

Jon Yaged

78% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Macmillan has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 424 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Macmillan 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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424 reviews
4.0
Jan 24, 2016

Great company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great executives and a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Everyone loves what they do. Company is actively creating more programs that help provide more development opportunities for staff.

Cons

Ineffective middle management isn't addressed. Teams would function better and more work would be done if low performers and bad managers were addressed.

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Macmillan Response
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Macmillan will continue to develop programs and opportunities to learn for managers at all levels. We appreciate the feedback and are glad you enjoy working here!
2.0
Jan 8, 2016

Poor regional leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

A good learning environment as you are very much thrown in at the deep end.

Cons

Poor leadership. A lot of change currently going on, and although there is a clear sense of direction at a global CEO level, this is very poorly filtered down and staff are none the wiser as to what is happenning. The divide between the upper hierarchy and middle management are increasing and the flow of information is very mucha need to know basis. This means that long term planning is difficult, and many meetings are held where people dont really know what is being talked about as there has been no previous follow through. I would not

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