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Penguin Random House reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(1,193 total reviews)
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Nihar Malaviya

83% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Penguin Random House has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,193 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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4.0
Oct 16, 2015

Almost perfect

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Pros

Great people, environment and one of the best benefits and vacation packages around. Working on some of the best titles and paid sabbaticals are amazing perks.

Cons

Career advancement can be slow and uncertain (my experience) but other depts seem to regularly promote.

3.0
Oct 15, 2015

Great products, good employees, management needs some work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I worked on the Penguin side of the company before the merger. The products were consistently good quality, even if they weren't always successful. We were held to high standards, which were well worth it. Any time that customers had issues, we worked together to correct the problem. There was a lot of cooperation in that effort. Culture was okay, with some overly competitive types, but mostly collaborative personalities. Pay and benefits were a little low, but more or less competitive in the marketplace.

Cons

As with anywhere, budget cuts come along, and management is not at its best, hogging the life preserver for themselves, so as cuts played out, the company became even more top-heavy than necessary, and appears to still be that way, after the merger.

4.0
Oct 13, 2015

Incredible Benefit package

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Family life is of the utmost importance to this company. PTO is outstanding and includes several holidays.

Cons

The pay will only be sufficient to be a secondary income.

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