Does PLOS pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PLOS employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PLOS. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PLOS?

49% of PLOS employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PLOS 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PLOS?

Associate Editor (8) , Publications Assistant (8) , Editor (4) , Editorial (3) , (2) , Editorial Research Associate (2) , Executive Editor (2) , Manager (2)

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

"Good benefits" ((in 15 reviews)); "Great mission and many good people who are trying to help the organization return to its glory days (or get back on track)." ((in 14 reviews)); "good lunch hour AND WORK LIFE BALANCE" ((in 12 reviews)); "Some of the people are amazing, have always had incredible colleagues." ((in 8 reviews)); "Friendly staff" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Managers keep a sharp eye on everyone and breaks are carefully monitored." ((in 6 reviews)); "Management is either completely unavailable or micro" ((in 6 reviews)); "Pay could be better" ((in 5 reviews)); "Mercurial upper management." ((in 4 reviews)); "The work environment is challenging." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about PLOS layoffs in 2026?

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

PLOS reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(113 total reviews)

Alison Mudditt

72% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

PLOS has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 113 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PLOS 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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113 reviews

4.0

Jul 8, 2014

Overall good place to work but comes with some standard difficulties.

Anonymous

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers, good place to get your foot in the door for publishing, good benefits, fun atmosphere, beautiful location. New management seems to be moving in the right direction.

Cons

Mistrust and confusion in the area of compensation and some lack of faith in employees' decision making abilities. But it seems like efforts are slowly being made to fix this.

2.0

Apr 5, 2024

Tedious

Editorial

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people and opportunity for remote working

Cons

Boring and repetitive tasks, managers out of touch

PLOS Response

2y

Thank you very much for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear you’re not enjoying certain aspects of your role at PLOS and would genuinely be interested in learning more. Please feel welcome reach out to me for a confidential conversation if interested. I’d love to discuss further and see where we can make improvements. - Jess, jcockerham@plos.org

4.0

Jun 29, 2023

Union needed

Publications assistant

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers and environment. Caring workplace.

Cons

Difficult to advance. Needs a union.

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Overall good place to work but comes with some standard difficulties.

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