Pros
Simon & Schuster is an excellent brand and well respected in the industry. Working here will guarantee people take you seriously as you network and navigate next steps. The pay is comparable to other publishing houses, and the health benefits are good. Most people are friendly. Most people leave at a reasonable hour and do not have to check emails at night or over the weekend.
Cons
The company does not close for the winter holidays. You only get a day or two off making travel to visit relatives very difficult--especially if you need to travel to both your family and your in-laws. If you want more time, you have to use your paltry 10 days of vacation time. Highly filtered communication. There's communication with your direct report and none with the upper management. Meetings are often with department heads only. Anyone at the associate level will not get facetime with upper management. Haunting the kitchen seems like your best bet to getting some name and face recognition with higher ups. There are no work from home options. There seems to be little room for promotion, and what room there is seems to be in title only.