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      3.4

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (449 total reviews)
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      Brian Murray

      66% approve of CEO

      48% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      HarperCollins has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 449 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HarperCollins employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      449 reviews
      3.0
      May 31, 2016

      Editorial Assistant in early 2000s

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I received a great introduction to the publishing industry, and learned essential editorial skills that I still use today even though I no longer work in book publishing.

      Cons

      Obviously, the salary was low. However, at that time, I was eligible for overtime and my boss was very liberal with it. Not sure if that is still the case.

      3.0
      May 17, 2016

      Had potential but was a strange, political, poorly-paid environment.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Some nice people, good authors & titles, nice location.

      Cons

      Political. Some people, despite being rubbish at their job, get promoted and helped out enormously, while others slog away at their poorly-paid jobs wondering if they even want to stay in the industry.

      2.0
      Apr 22, 2016

      Petty, hierarchy obsessed workplace

      Editorial assistant
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      Pros

      Amazing community with folks at my own level, some amazing managers (few and far between), opportunity to work on books.

      Cons

      About 10-15 hours a week of unpaid overtime isn't unusual, many managers are petty and the entire system is completely obsessed with hierarchy to the point of stifling innovation, "in order to get ahead, you have to do work outside the office", huge workload.

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