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?

"Great mission and many good people who are trying to help the organization return to its glory days (or get back on track)." ((in 13 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 13 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 5 reviews))

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

"High turnover due to poor managers and low company cohesiveness." ((in 7 reviews)); "Pay could be better" ((in 5 reviews)); "Other than our current CEO, management is so out of touch with the day" ((in 3 reviews)); "Supervisors shows favoritism." ((in 3 reviews)); "Extremely poor communication during probationary period, no objectives set and while not passing probation is upon myself" ((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

Jun 19, 2018

Recovering From Leadership Vacuum

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart, fun, Mission-driven people doing good things to open up access to research. Great location (near the Exploratorium). New management as of 2018 seems to be making the right decisions.

Cons

Fast growth led to some bad decisions from 2014-2017. Instead of focusing on author services, the company wasted millions on software development for a program that was recently (and finally) shut down. Competitors have taken back healthy hunks of market share so there's some serious belt-tightening going on.

PLOS Response

7y

Thanks for your feedback!

3.0

Jan 29, 2018

PLOS

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, good flexibility with work from home policy, great work-life balance. Awesome mission!

Cons

Organisational objectives need to be more clearly defined and accountability for projects has been lacking in the past. This may change with the new CEO.

PLOS Response

7y

Thanks for sharing your feedback! We agree the people are what make PLOS great.

4.0

Mar 2, 2017

Overall a good place to work

Publication assistant

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Entry level jobs for graduates of all backgrounds - Opportunities available for those who work to forge a path there - Colleagues with varied and different backgrounds in arts, sciences, and tech - Mission led, which is fulfilling if you care about OA/open science

Cons

- Lots of middle management which can be stifling rather than encouraging - everybody competitively wants sign off so projects die - No obvious career path on publishing side, as structure is a pyramid from a low level (although there are opportunities to move departments as I did) - Some kinda weird decisions from the top over the last 3 years

PLOS Response

9y

Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate you taking your time to share your perspective. --Mariah HR

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