Does Zondervan pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Zondervan employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Zondervan. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Zondervan?

81% of Zondervan employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Zondervan 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the cons of working at Zondervan according to real employee reviews?

"Fairly rigid culture that was resistant to change" ((in 3 reviews))

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Zondervan Reviews

4.3

81% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Mark Schoenwald

100% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture and values

4.1

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

Zondervan has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Zondervan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

17 reviews

4.0

6 Sept 2013

It was a good experience, learned lots.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The people are great. They told me in the interview the employees were very committed to the mission of the company and I didn't realize just how much until I attended my first sales conference.

Cons

There was a lot of turn over. We had a difficult time supporting new and smaller authors/titles. Also, being owned by HarperCollins had it's challenges.

2.0

9 Nov 2015

Beware, understaffed, odd culture

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

SOME great people, pay is fair. occasional food hangouts between divisions. Compensation and benefits are fair for Director positions and up

Cons

Meeting heavy, lack of job stability, culture is unstable since NewsCorp has taken over, overworked, lack of support, understaffed, dead cubicle atmosphere. NO TRAINING.... Be prepared to fall on your face if you don't push and scream for somebody to spend time to welcome you into the team (understaffed). Politically correct culture (religious wise).

4.0

25 Feb 2015

Used to be the best place to work. Merger has left many scars.

Sales department ( senior level, non-selling role)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Ability to openly embrace your faith in a work setting. Great work ethic, support of mission. Benefits (although shrinking over time) are still better than most companies, especially in regard to work/family balance (paid time allocation is generous and appreciated).

Cons

Merger with Tomas Nelson smashed an apple with an orange -- sour taste in the mouths of many at Zondervan (where no power remains-just ask anyone). New open concept office is a disaster -- no privacy -- hard to concentrate, feels like a call center. Involvement from parent company feels excessively burdensome -- the culture is suffering (culture is a very fragile thing). Hard to get staff the pay levels the market is paying.

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