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Penguin Random House reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,194 total reviews)
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73% positive business outlook

Penguin Random House has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,194 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Penguin Random House 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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1K reviews
5.0
Jan 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent benefits, great colleagues good team players. Plenty of free reading material.

Cons

Email is always on. A lot of over time. Too many conference calls.

5.0
Dec 31, 2016

Amazing place to work!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing people, benefits and culture

Cons

Pay in publishing is hard but the benfits certainly make up for the pay

2.0
Dec 26, 2016

Editorial

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people, the books, the atmosphere. But this is all pre-RH takeover--pardon me, I mean "merger."

Cons

Random House management is craven and awful. I know this sounds like hyperbole. It's not.

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