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Great for short term - Anonymous employee Endeavour Press Employee Review

4.0
Feb 12, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lots of scope to grow skills. Great supportive team.

Cons

High rotation of staff unfortunately.

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5.0
Oct 20, 2017
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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Pros

- Close, hard-working team with a good sense of humour, and they’re all in it together. - Lots of responsibility and variety in tasks. - Staff are always happy to help, just be proactive in asking for it. They understand that more often than not it’s one of - if not your first, placement(s) in the industry. -Staff are interested to know your thoughts on the internship with a view to improving the experience. - Tea, coffee, snacks… - Well located office: a minute from the tube and plenty of places to go for lunch. - Fridays are intern lunch days whereby you get taken out to lunch (on the company). - On Wednesdays you get to work from home - hello lie in. - It’s evident that the company's new team has worked hard to address old problems, and from reading previous reviews here it appears that they have overcome the vast majority of them. It is also apparent that this new team has only just got going, and endeavours (pun absolutely intended) to keep on improving and growing as a company. - If by no other measure, consider it a testament that at the end of the month, I felt a little sad to be leaving.

Cons

- The one month internship was unpaid (except for travel costs), though such is publishing and I think like other publishers, they are soon addressing this. - Occasionally there’s simply not an awful lot for you to do, but at other times you might have several things all at once. - If you like a larger office where you can hide, this might not be for you.

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1.0
Apr 17, 2016
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Near to the station, so you can get away as quickly as possible. It's opposite a bus stop as well. 'Fly, you fools!'

Cons

Unpleasant office and staff - they discuss an individuals personal attributes, qualifications and appearance after they have left the room to intern here! A team of unprofessional and arrogant young staff with very little skill operating online content, written editorial or understanding the market. "Questionable business ethics", as in the other review, is completely accurate. Not only do interns read all submissions (none go through the paid staff), they are also instructed to write false 5 star reviews of the Director's own books for Amazon. This is not a company portraying any positives of the publishing industry, it is, however, a great example of unprofessional staff who laugh behind their managers, authors and other businesses backs. A waste of your time if you have ever written your own address on an envelope, read the word 'apple' or held a conversation. It's akin to working with a two-year-old child who has just began socialising at playgroup. Do not waste your breath.

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Endeavour Press Response
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Dear Former Intern, Thank you for your candid feedback. We strive to maintain a supportive, professional office environment, so we were sorry to hear about some of your experiences. In the months since your internship, we have employed a new dedicated intern manager, who offers an induction session and debrief to every intern we hire, as well as weekly lunch check-ins, to ensure that they have a positive time whilst working with us. We are fully committed to offering interns valuable workplace experience that will help them in the jobs market, as well as mentoring that will help them better understand the publishing industry. As you may be aware, we have also recently undergone a restructure, which includes implementing more stringent HR and management workflows to ensure the office environment remains as supportive and positive as possible. We would like to think that any staff member experiencing problems now would feel comfortable talking to our designated HR manager, and are certain an amicable agreement over any issues would be reached. Further, we aim for sterling standards across our company, and undertake systematic and regular re-assessments of our business practices, ensuring that they are in-line with standard professional and ethical publishing practices. Our the team of enthusiastic staff is intentionally made up from new and talented graduates, and long-standing industry professionals, including an ex-bookseller, an ex-literary agent and an editor who has worked on Man Booker-longlisted titles. They are all committed to clear, friendly communication both inside and outside the business, and to reading and loving our wonderful titles. Wishing you the best of luck in the future, The Endeavour Team
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