Springer Nature reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(1,530 total reviews)

Frank Vrancken Peeters

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Springer Nature has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,530 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Springer Nature 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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1.0
Mar 5, 2024

Disappointing

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Very important mission, some amazing colleagues, and a global network.

Cons

Springer Nature acquired our company, laid staff off, and then sold us for parts after taking what they wanted and years of stringing us along. The experience was excruciating for the company, their management and HR teams were deeply incompetent, and their leadership approach would best be described as "supremely arrogant." Rather than focusing on making OA a reality or making publishing a better place for authors and their science, their leadership seemed more interested in empire building and perhaps resurrecting their failed IPO without articulating why anyone actually needs them. Good luck.

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Springer Nature Response
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Thank you for sharing your review and very sorry to hear about your experiences. We do not take decisions lightly when making colleague or organisational changes. Business productivity and markets evolve and with this our strategy needs to adapt. As you say, our people are terrific and our work touches millions of people every day; the communities of researchers and educators we work with and the wider public who read and benefit from the research we publish. Without our people we couldn’t be able to deliver on our overall business mission to help solve the world’s greatest challenges.
1.0
Mar 22, 2022
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Some geuninely decent, hard-working and talented colleagues when I was there. Nice London offices in Kings Cross.

Cons

I am convinced that a lot of the "great" reviews of this company on here are fabricated by senior management to try to make the company seem better/more appealing than it actually is. It certainly wasn't my experience of the dump when I was there. Egotistic , unscrupulous, macho bullying management from the very top right the way down. Uncompetitive pay for the role/marketplace and very limited actual benefits. No career growth due to favouritism and cliquey management. Layers upon layers of managerial deadwood coasting their way through the company because they would either be unemployable elsewhere or they are desperately trying to see out the twilight of the careers into retirement. OR - they are hoping to profit from the company's ultimate goal of IPO. Very poor decision making and shiny-object syndrome. The saying “poop rises to the top” certainly holds true at this place. It’s tough enough for females working within the Technology sector but this place actually made me regret my career choice. HR - utterly useless corporate puppets. Don't even waste your time trying to get any support from them. Platitudes about diversity and inclusion should be treated with absolute sceptism. My advice to any potential applicants - avoid at all costs if only for the sake of your sanity and sense of self-worth.

1.0
Jun 10, 2021

SN pushing staff to burnout

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive colleagues Allowed staff to WFH early in the pandemic

Cons

Upper management have totally lost touch with their staff. The targets are set too high and are unachievable. Those that leave are not being replaced quickly enough, leaving remaining staff burnt out. Staff do not feel listened too.

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