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      PLOS

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      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
      Nov 4, 2015

      Great place to work

      Publications assistant
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lovely people to work with. Nice non-profit atmosphere. Pay likely above what you'd find at another publisher.

      Cons

      There are few opportunities to move up within the company. Very few options for someone on the publishing side of the business to move into. Large bulk of the company is located in the US office

      1.0
      Sep 7, 2015

      A publisher with an identity crisis

      Editor
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Salary is OK, but it comes at the expense of benefits and working environment.

      Cons

      PLOS is unsure whether it is a publisher with a mission, or if it's a business pretending to have a broader purpose in order to drum up sales. The mission of Open Access is a worthy one, but a lot of publishers are doing it better and PLOS is quickly falling behind--many of its ideas are old-fashioned and naive. As a business, PLOS seems doomed as the entire organisation depends on PLOS ONE publishing 30,000+ articles a year, and if the impact factor drops, the model will quickly become unsustainable. PLOS's downplay of Impact Factor will prove to be what brings it down.

      1.0
      Jul 30, 2015

      Lost its way

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Dedicated staff, pleasant physical work environment and location. Important mission.

      Cons

      The organization has ruptured and no longer knows why it is here. People leaving. No clear path forward in a turbulent landscape. Will put itself out of business if it doesn't fix itself.

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