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Mixed Feelings - Anonymous employee Penguin Random House Employee Review

1.0
27 Apr 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Books! - Considered the best of the Big 5 in terms of salary, benefits and general systems

Cons

- Lack of diversity, especially in upper management = huge affinity bias (those promoted/praised were similar to those in power) - Lack of real growth (lots of micro-levels between each position such as assistant manager/associate manager etc…and yet most promotions required more work for very little pay bumps)

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Great writing, Top tier production

Cons

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2.0
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