The upper management (from the CEO to the other board) thinks we are just "Journalists" but most of us are professors who decided to move away from academia. The first result is that many editors get a salary pay cut of up to 1.5K when starting to work for them. the second consequence is that they do not know the hard work behind the editorial direction of a Nature title and the responsibility we have to the community (we are treated as cheap labour that needs to push the paper ahead toward publication or rejection). There is a strong detachment from editors and management and they do not know how we work. They are completely unaware and probably don't care to understand that the quality that characterises a Nature paper can't be achieved in a system that fosters more and more publications. Indeed we understand the need to improve the published paper but the current management of the company will compromise in our view the integrity and credibility of the entire portfolio. Luckily until now, the editorial department is independent and editors (who assess a growing number of 10/15 new manuscripts per week) can still make the decisions they want without any conflict of interest. however, the overall situation is very risky for the integrity of the science published on SN.
- very low pay compared to the education and experience
- no negotiation possible ( HR during the interview, says you can negotiate but everything is already closed)
- No career development plans,
- High pressure
