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Penguin Random House reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,189 total reviews)
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70% positive business outlook

Penguin Random House has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,189 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
1.0
May 15, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Free books, great name for CV

Cons

Incredibly cliquey. Not just class ridden but still a chasm between former Penguin and Random House staff. No diversity. Abusive and spineless management. A lot of lip service given to being progressive but there’s absolutely no actions behind the ‘intention’.

1.0
Dec 24, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

If you like books, you can get discounts and free books sometimes. There are some good colleagues here but not at management levels.

Cons

Do not be fooled by this employer. Not the employer I thought it was. There is no care for employee. Employer puts on a face but is rife with poor treatment of employees & colleagues. Lack of job security here. Poor pay. Lacks diversity and actually seen belittling of groups and colleagues from management and HR. People are not valued.

1.0
Jun 19, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Free books and good benefits

Cons

Quite a toxic environment within my team and regularly would hear berating across the office by other managers to team members. Also real lack of diversity. I was on a team of 10 - all white upper middle class and the majority went to private school, except myself. Just had an overall air of snobbery unfortunately, plus everyone looked really unhappy most of the time.

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