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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
      2.0
      Aug 3, 2019

      PLOS ONE Cambridge

      Associate editor
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - The HR Team try to go above and beyond to help people at the company. - The salary is much higher than the standard for this kind of role. - They have lots of meetings which allow you to see what each part of the company is doing, which helps for professional development and to enable people to get an idea of how an organisation like this works. - The management is understanding about work life balance, homeworking is common.

      Cons

      - The work environment is challenging. - There is a lot of micromanagement, but a lack of consistency. - This may be a symptom of the ongoing changes within the company, but there was a lack of clarity over the kind of professional standards which apply to the role, and a fair degree of confusion over what the requirements of the job are. - This company is not for everybody. - There more focus on driving revenue than I was comfortable with in this role.

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      PLOS Response
      6y
      Thanks for taking the time to share more about your experience at PLOS. You’ve noted a number of opportunities for us to improve how we manage and communicate with staff, and we’re currently focused on a management training program that will help our managers grow into the best leaders they can be. Equipping our managers with effective tools for change management is part of that skillset. Best of luck in your new role!
      3.0
      Jul 10, 2018

      OK

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good people, good hours.

      Cons

      Bad middle management confused ideas on the future and what they should focus on.

      2.0
      Feb 7, 2016

      Be Wary

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      PLOS has a good mission. The people who end up working there are young and believe in what they're doing. Management nominally wants to leverage this.

      Cons

      I left PLOS because it was not a good place to grow. There was a highly bureaucratic system for determing company wide policy that often left employees clueless and poorly motivated. Add to that a cliquish work environment that verges on toxic, and you have good reason to leave while you still can. PLOS likes to hire outside contractors to do work, but this this often leads to abandonded and poorly understood technology/workflows.

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