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Penguin Random House reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,189 total reviews)
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71% 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
5.0
Jan 31, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Started here as a temp 11 months ago, on a 4 week temporary assignment . Made to feel welcome from day 1. Great staff, happy to show you how to do things . Great work atmosphere. Lots of long term employees , not a high turnover of staff . Opportunity for career progression. On the job training , access to online learning and classroom based training . Staff discount on books , healthcare benefits , free Christmas meal ! Brilliant restaurant which is subsidised . Continuously expanding. Very busy , but full support from most team members and very approachable managers and senior managers. Honestly one of the best employers I have worked for in a long time. I was offered a permanent position 4 months after starting as a temp. Excellent insight in to the world of publishing . No two days are the same .

Cons

Slightly lower wage than I'm used to but made up in other ways , with eyecare vouchers , health care cover , discounts etc . Sometimes the IT system isn't as reliable as it could be , but this is being addressed and a new system is being rolled out in the next few months .

2.0
Nov 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I really liked working for Random House for over 5 years but there was a complete culture change after the merger from an almost family business to a corporate machine

Cons

Random House is gone which is a shame because I feel something very special has been lost. The senior managers are not very upfront to staff and one always feels they are being mislead

3.0
Aug 21, 2016

Old model

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The problem is the business model, is too old. Big multinationals are killing the current system. To be profitable they are cutting the teams. That's why You learn a lot, and you have many responsibilities.

Cons

totally overstepped. You work more than 9 hours per day. You have to read in your free time (weekend included). The salary (if you compare it with the same role in other industries) it's sooooo low.

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