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Penguin Random House

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Penguin Random House reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,190 total reviews)
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Nihar Malaviya

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
2.0
Feb 19, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

PRH offers a mostly friendly and collaborative environment, along with comprehensive benefits.

Cons

Fired for taking allotted sick days when highly contagious supervisor shared her flu. Worked extensive overtime under enormous stress imposed by toxic, OCD, boss. Unable to enjoy a lunch break, summer Fridays, or holiday season break due to boss's unreasonable expectations. Boss enjoyed creating a hostile and fear-based environment and was strategic about targeting people and creating back stories to cover her tracks. This was an incredibly unhealthy situation that HR, and management, allowed to persist.

4.0
Feb 15, 2018

Solid

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance. Company has a long time horizon, is well managed at the top. People are able to move into dramatically different roles if they're inclined to do so.

Cons

Feels like a huge company

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