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Baker Publishing Group

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Not like other publishers . . . - Anonymous employee Baker Publishing Group Employee Review

4.0
Jan 23, 2015
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Pros

Baker provides a range of benefits including health, dental, vision, as well as programs like health club/gym reimbursement and flex accounts for health and childcare expenses. They make an effort to research and provide competitive salaries. Continuing education is encouraged. Feels like a family. Every now and then there are free bagels. The PTO Donation program is a way for coworkers to support one another. Positive environment.

Cons

There is no paid maternity or paternity leave. PTO days must be used in this instance. Most new parents are also new in their careers and have not acquired much PTO--its a challenge for most people. I agree with the other reviewer, there are a few people who are very difficult to work with. The downfall is it inhibits the team and their ability to work at full capacity. Collaboration and contribution is discouraged in that type of environment.

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Baker Publishing Group Response
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We're grateful for this person's feedback about our benefits, policies, and work climate, all of which we seek to keep improving. In response to the reviewer's comment about paid leave, we'd like to clarify that we provide our full-time employees a short-term disability benefit at no cost. Under this benefit, 60% of a person's pre-disability income is provided after claim approvals, and maternity is covered under this benefit. This enables a person on maternity leave to conserve her PTO. We want to provide helpful benefits and a supportive working environment for all of our employees, including new parents.

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5.0
May 29, 2025
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Pros

Meaningful work Work life balance Fantastic co-workers Great authors Positive company culture There is flexibility to lean into your strengths and expand your role to your capacity and your interests Generous policies for employees, like 3 months of maternity leave The people at the highest level care about all employees' feedback, from accountants and managers down to the receptionist.

Cons

It's publishing, so you won't make much money. Also, the workload can get a little high at times.

2.0
Dec 6, 2024
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Pros

- Working in publishing is fun, and Baker publishes great content - Lots of great colleagues with a fun sense of humor who enjoy breaktime walks and debating the Oxford comma - Ability to develop new skills and wear many hats because Baker functions like a small company - Flexible and hybrid work arrangements - They were starting to adopt DEI practices and awareness, in response to employees asking for it

Cons

- Lots of inconsistency in management methods/styles across different managers - if you get a good manager you'll probably be fine here, but there are plenty of pretty subpar managers at Baker. Seems to be little to no professional management training, and certainly no management consistency across departments or across Baker locations. - Pay is low. - Pay is inconsistent. Pay across similar positions seems to be based on how little the person was willing to accept when hired or how much the person negotiated when they got hired. It was all over the place, even for re-filling the same position. - Health insurance plan is so abysmal. Coverage was nonexistant until you hit the sky high deductable, and the premiums go up more than yearly cost of living raises, so eventually I couldn't afford to work there. - It's a smaller company so there is little room to advance and move up.

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