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Chronicle Books

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Overall, can be a fun place to work but it's hard to progress in your career and the pay is quite low. - Sales Chronicle Books Employee Review

2.0
Nov 14, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-Fun, creative people and products to work with -Great X-mas party -Well-recognized and respected brand.

Cons

-Pay is low -Senior management has been in same roles for some time so there are rarely opportunities to move up except in nominal way (e.g. from associate mgr, to mgr, to senior manager). -They've had a history of layoffs or individual dismissals that sometimes appear random or personally motivated.

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5.0
Nov 21, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Filled with intelligent, creative people who are proud of the product and work hard to make the company thrive.

Cons

The pandemic has disrupted the comradery that was more present when people were together in person more.

2.0
Feb 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The support staff themselves are supportive and will help with any questions you have. The books and games products are beautiful, and design really highlights their talents continuously.

Cons

Management doesn't seem to care about support staff (ie, assistants, coordinators) in sales and marketing, despite the vital role they play with managing processes. Often times leadership will stagnate support staff career growth and overload work for years until they may grant a marginal raise or promotion (that's rarely the case, unfortunately, as I mentioned before - high turnover!). With the laughable wages they grant support staff, there's burnout and division between leadership expectations and support work reality. Furthermore, the leadership is pretty poor overall. With high turnover, there's a lack of cohesion and purpose within the company. The office atmosphere seems to mimic this void of direction with the library-like silence on the floors and complete segmentation between other teams. If they tell you they're like a family, they are not telling the truth.

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