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Creative and supportive environment - Anonymous employee Chronicle Books Employee Review

5.0
Jan 4, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The greatest perk of working at Chronicle is how socially-awareness the employees are to benefit a good cause (managers also encourage you to seek ways to make a positive impact). Employees have bake sales for charity and help build houses in Nola where Hurricane Katrina was hit. Chronicle employees embody the types of book they publish-cookbooks, humor, art&design etc. Many times a year, employees literally make baked goods that look like they're out the cookbooks. There are parties that launch books like beer pong. The best of all the office is modern and very refreshing to step into work everyday. You also get nice discounts on Chronicle published books which make great gifts!

Cons

The only downside is the pay. Most employees still want to work at Chronicle because of the fun colleagues and creative environment.

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5.0
Nov 21, 2024
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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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