Does PLOS pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, PLOS employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at PLOS. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at PLOS?

49% of PLOS employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated PLOS 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at PLOS?

Associate Editor (8) , Publications Assistant (8) , Editor (4) , Editorial (3) , (2) , Editorial Research Associate (2) , Executive Editor (2) , Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at PLOS according to real employee reviews?

"Some of the benefits are good, like 401k matching and bonuses for salaried employees, office treats and outings, etc." ((in 17 reviews)); "Great mission and many good people who are trying to help the organization return to its glory days (or get back on track)." ((in 13 reviews)); "good lunch hour AND WORK LIFE BALANCE" ((in 10 reviews)); "Some of the people are amazing, have always had incredible colleagues." ((in 8 reviews)); "Friendly staff" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at PLOS according to real employee reviews?

"High turnover due to poor managers and low company cohesiveness." ((in 8 reviews)); "Management is either completely unavailable or micro" ((in 7 reviews)); "Pay could be better" ((in 6 reviews)); "Other than our current CEO, management is so out of touch with the day" ((in 3 reviews)); "Supervisors shows favoritism." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about PLOS layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about PLOS layoffs and their outlook for job security at PLOS in 2026.

What are the top reviewed PLOS locations?

San Francisco , Kansas City , Oakland , South San Francisco

PLOS reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(113 total reviews)

Alison Mudditt

72% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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PLOS has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 113 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PLOS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

113 reviews

2.0

Dec 5, 2024

competitive salary

Executive editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary for the publishing industry

Cons

Workload, management organization, pace of change

PLOS Response

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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're always looking at ways to ensure our compensation package remains fair and competitive. As you know, innovation is the norm at PLOS and it's important to us that we continuously improve our change management to ensure a smooth transition and adequate knowledge transfer . We appreciate your candor here and plan to focus on this even further in 2025. We also invite you to chat with a People and Culture team member about these and any other concerns. Thank you!

5.0

Sep 9, 2022

great company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

amazing to work for this company

Cons

nothing much i like everything

5.0

Mar 15, 2022

Good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and nice ppl

Cons

Don’t have any cons to add

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