Get the Experience and Get Out - Digital Marketing Manager HarperCollins Employee Review

2.0
30 Dec 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers Free books Summer Fridays Opportunity to meet great authors I’m grateful for the experience and meeting some terrific people who have become lifelong friends.

Cons

This company, particularly the Nashville/Gran Rapids branches, are just known for churning and burning through their marketing and editorial staff. Get the experience you need but be prepared to always have other options since the business units are all siloed and many are toxic. HR is always underwater so they don’t really serve a purpose for the main employees. The discussion of career growth is frowned upon and those promoted are usually the most incompetent. I was realigned under someone with zero managerial (not to mention life) experience and it made myself and the rest of our group absolutely miserable. So many former employees who have left are thriving in their new endeavors and have stated that they would never return to that toxic company. Which is sad because it could be so much better but has poor leadership from the top down.

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5.0
20 Mar 2026
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Pros

- great people to work with - wonderful opportunity to get your foot in the door for those early in their careers - good benefits - remote options

Cons

- annual raises are usually the bare minimum - lots of restructuring among teams and departments

5.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Free books, great team and a fun environment

Cons

Not a lot of room for growth

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