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      Penguin Random House reviews

      3.9

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (1,188 total reviews)
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      Nihar Malaviya

      81% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      Penguin Random House has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,188 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Penguin Random House 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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      1K reviews
      2.0
      Mar 8, 2019

      Dying industry, dysfunctional culture, job insecurity

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great products, easy to be enthusiastic about them

      Cons

      The industry is a dinosaur, lots of literary snobs in publishing team so anyone outside publishing is a second class citizen. Uncomfortable marriage between Penguin and Random house, lots of politics and a CEO who was in the right l,ace at the right time but shouldn’t be in that job. Restructuring is never far away so a constant sense of insecurity. UK and US arms of company is where the action is, not Australia.

      2.0
      Mar 1, 2019

      Toxic Work Environment

      Manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits A bit above average pay for the industry Good training possibilities Free Books

      Cons

      Toxic Work Environment Many good and intelligent people have left due to poor management Shrinking industry - more work/less pay

      4.0
      Feb 14, 2019

      Best Publishing Company in the Industry

      Art director
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing facilities, great systems, hardworking and progressive staff, the best books in the business, strong diversity & inclusion programs, top-notch health benefits including maternity and paternity leave, a multitude of programs for learning and development, and a great work-life balance.

      Cons

      While it is the leader in the publishing industry, there are many pockets of teams which are still mired in sexist, misogynistic, racist, and generally ignorant tendencies. The company is actively training, but managers are still not given adequate education to deal with the complex situations that can arise when running a department. Leadership is often a dictatorial situation rather than a collaborative one. The company would like to think it is a tech forward, but it pays too low to be competitive in talent acquisition with other industries, so it needs to invest in technology in a much more disruptive and progressive manner. Publishing is in a transitional period with a pause in the growth areas, so it is hard to say what the future will look like, but PRH is the house to lead books into this new age.

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