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Penguin Random House reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,190 total reviews)
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83% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Penguin Random House has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,190 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
4.0
Nov 10, 2018

generally good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

books, people who love books

Cons

not all people who work there seem to truly care about the books and authors themselves

3.0
Oct 31, 2018

Assistant

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people and benefits. Also Free books!

Cons

Salary is low and doesn't increase quickly. Depending on departments, you could be an assistant for years and then when you eventually move up it is a pretty small bump.

5.0
Oct 6, 2018

Assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, free books, fun, great work-life balance

Cons

Entry-level salary, but that's across the industry

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