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      PLOS

      Engaged Employer

      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
      3.0
      Dec 9, 2016

      Good opportunities within, pay could be better

      Publications manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very reasonable working hours, minimal overtime. Great coworkers and supportive work environment for the most part. Good opportunities to move up within the company.

      Cons

      Management can be out of touch with the issues facing staff - primarily under-resourcing. Pay could be better - it's benchmarked to other publishing companies rather than other tech firms, but PLOS expects tech-firm type skills (business ops, data analysis)

      3.0
      Nov 15, 2016

      Great first full time dev job.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Laid-back culture, friendly people, good company mission. Supportive to incoming engineers, though the onboarding can be haphazard. Good benefits, despite being a nonprofit. Nice location, decent nearby food options.

      Cons

      Management has faced challenges adapting to modern technology practices like agile development and DevOps. Inability to invest time in changes that will relieve technical debt is frustrating.

      4.0
      Aug 29, 2016

      Short-term vs Long-term

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, nice office and culture. Competitive pay depending on department. Excellent mission. Organization is relatively stable and professional. A lot of opportunities for go-getters who follow through.

      Cons

      Leadership get distracted by short term ideas that will undoubtedly negatively impact the timing and execution of long term goals. Some leadership have been in the publishing industry so long it's impacting their ability to disrupt... and they're not open to critical feedback. Young staff members turn over quickly due to non-competitive wages and less than stellar recruitment and management. Too much stagnation due to politics.

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