Meh - Anonymous employee HarperCollins Employee Review

3.0
Aug 31, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues are great, decent benefits, salaries aren’t as low as some other publishers.

Cons

Play favorites for promotions rather than based on quality of work, “merit” increases are tiny and they don’t increase pay for cost of living inflations. Executives are out of touch.

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5.0
Mar 20, 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
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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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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