A wonderful company that may just be a bit too large to have a really open and learning-oriented culture.
Pros
It is wonderful to work for an historical, family-run business where our mission involves spreading knowledge internationally. I am grateful to work with such intelligent, like-minded individuals who are not afraid to give their all for the careers they love. I have made wonderful friends in our offices around the world, and have gotten to travel quite extensively.
Cons
From my point of view, senior management seems very formal and overly distant--coming from an organzation with an 'open door' policy about asking questions/learning from our management, it seems strange to be cut out of the line of communication and discouraged from asking questions and sharing information across the company. As with many academic publishers, I am assuming, compensation could be better, we are understaffed constantly and expected to work unreasonable hours, considering our salaries. I routinely work 12 hour days, despite low compensation.