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Simon & Schuster reviews

3.1

18% would recommend to a friend

(329 total reviews)
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Carolyn K. Reidy

92% approve of CEO

11% positive business outlook

Simon & Schuster has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 329 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Simon & Schuster employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.9 stars).

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329 reviews
2.0
May 4, 2009

Stay away if you have other options.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a great place to build up a network as people in the publishing industry come and go all the time. There are a lot of fun corporate events throughout the year such as Volunteer Day when all the participants get a day off to do service work.

Cons

The management needs training in communicating with lower-level employees. One of the biggest challenges I faced on a daily basis was working for a senior manager who did not know how to delegate work, was condescending, offensive, and unprofessional in many ways. Her management style was counterproductive and made it a very uncomfortable work environment. I was not the only person with complaints about this person and she is not the only one people complained about. Many of the departments are also short-staffed and underpaid. The HR department is also incompetent and does not act on complaints.

1.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The books. If you like to read and are interested in how a publishing company works then that's the field for you. The benefits are good.

Cons

Books are a dying art. People don't read and publishing houses are slaves to the sales department so most of the books being put out are bad creatively. It's a industry that works the worker bees hard and pay them little. Most of the women are in the worker bee position and men are the VPs and Publishers. The room for growth is difficult. My boss once told me that this is an industry for trust fund babies- believe it.

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