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Chronicle Books

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Great place to work, but could use a few tweaks to be amazing - Anonymous employee Chronicle Books Employee Review

4.0
Mar 2, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Lovely people who, like others have mentioned, are intelligent, passionate, and funny -Working with books is a joy -Good benefits and fun parties -No idea is ever too silly or outlandish -You can never be bored -Upper management is quite accessible

Cons

-Low pay. The profit sharing program is great, but should not be a substitute for a raise, especially in the Bay Area. Comparing salary to other publishing houses doesn't really make anyone feel better when this area is saturated with tech companies that pay nearly double for the same positions -Can feel like there is a hive mind -Would benefit from hiring more diverse employees, including more men, to help bring new ideas to the table

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Chronicle Books Response
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Thanks for taking time to give us your feedback. We're proud of the creative and open environment at Chronicle Books. We've also launched our Diversity Initiative Group that is looking at all the ways we can raise awareness about diversity and inclusion and improve our outreach to an even more diverse pool of future employees.

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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
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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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