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Penguin Random House

Is this your company?

Please don’t work here!!! - Designer Penguin Random House Employee Review

1.0
30 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get excited at the begining because you are working on a big company like this, but that’s it.

Cons

They have a big name but they treat you poorly. They suck all your energy and talent, they give you a title but behind that title you have gazillions of other functions to do that is not directly related to what you applied for, and of course, they will not pay you more for that. They pay ridiculously, very under the market. You accept at first because of the name PRH, but later you will realize is not such a good deal. They have their favorites already, you don’t have space to say, you don’t have space to grow. When you try to ask for a raise they give you poor arguments saying why they can’t give you. They are a cheapskates. Who is on the top of the chain will only get higher, who is on the bottom will always stay there. They love to micromanage you, they make you go to the office even if you still feel uncomfortable with covid. They have the old mindset that, if the employee is not in the office building working from there he is not working at all. You bring ideas, you try to implement new stuff they, don’t look, they don’t give you any opportunities. Marketing is a joke, they are very desorganized, they don't meet the dates, they ask for things at the last minute and say it's due yesterday, they don't know how to keep a calendar with goals and dates, they don't know how to plan. They are very cold, you should trust no one. Very passive agressinve. At the same time they say they are a family they stick a knife behind your back. They are the perfect example of the old corporative world in America. Please, don’t work here, you will lose years of your life for nothing, and probably spend your years stuck here thinking you can’t find anything better. Anyone deserves a healthy work environment and this company is not this at all.

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Pros

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Cons

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