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
Aug 13, 2014

Great for starters

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and perks are standard . Summer hours depend on your department.

Cons

Office culture and dressing code are weird. Office space . Dirty toilets.

5.0
Aug 8, 2014

Great publisher

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

good, all-round company to work for, salary and benefits were excellent in the magazines division

Cons

commuting in London is always a challenge, but it is still a great location, nonetheless. No other particularly adverse conditions at all.

2.0
Aug 7, 2014

A great company to start at with little to recommend it long-term

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Very smart, modern attitude toward start-ups in the higher education science/publishing field. This, combined with Macmillan's recent company vision reorganization, created an environment with vast potential for the future. The working hours were flexible and there was a good attitude toward working remotely. The benefits were very generous and the cost to the employees was minimal. The corporate office provided for some fun company outings and events throughout the year. Free coffee is always a plus.

Cons

The new vision centered on bringing all companies under the corporate umbrella together to work in the spirit of collaboration in order to bring out their full potential and create a strong force in the market. After their large-scale reorganization in 2013 this vision was (sadly) quickly scaled back. The goal of encouraging projects and programs to have multiple directions was cut down to a "just pick one" mentality. Some of the start-ups were not willing to collaborate and share with others which weakened that branch of the company. Also, having worked in an office with multiple separate small companies, everyone was very compartmentalized and rarely left their own areas. Advancement opportunities were elusive or nonexistent and training/education opportunities were almost exclusive to the New York and London offices. There were no on-site IT staff in the office which meant that all requests had to go to IT staff in New York where they would be quietly ignored.

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