PLOS reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(113 total reviews)

Alison Mudditt

72% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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
2.0
Nov 22, 2022

Good mission but poor management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Meaningful mission, nonprofit status, open access publishing.

Cons

Poor management in many departments; high staff turnover with no continuity plans.

3.0
Oct 25, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Super friendly colleagues - Solid approach to Open Science Mission - Great flexibility in work life balance

Cons

- Structural issues within the organisation seems to mean that time is not amply given to personal objectives and development,. - Extremely poor communication during probationary period, no objectives set and while not passing probation is upon myself - Absolutely no indication was provided to my progress (despite asking) and no discussion was had on this earlier in the process.

3.0
Jan 16, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great mission, awesome people, flexible work from home, and good work-life balance.

Cons

Lack of transparency from upper management, frequent restructuring, not much upward mobility for career development, pay is not competitive (especially for the Bay Area).

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PLOS Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us! We are pleased that you connected with our mission, enjoyed inspiring colleagues and experienced a flexible environment at PLOS. While we regret that you didn’t experience the transparency, mobility and rewards that we strive for, we’re encouraged to know that each one of these areas is currently being tended to as we navigate through this era of re-aligning with what it means to lead change in research communications. In particular, we restructured the Editorial, Publishing and Operations teams to ensure we deliver on critical goals; we’ve completed early initiatives in communications transparency, and have cascaded more budget visibility and authority to managers closer to the work. We’re also refining our salary benchmark process to ensure that our people are paid a fair wage in relation to the market and their peers. The PLOS leadership team continue to be as open as possible about the changes the company is going through and the vision for the future. We know that change can require “pardoning our dust” as we reconstruct, and are grateful that we’ve emerged from the most difficult stages and have exciting times ahead in 2020 and beyond!
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