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Managing Editorial - Anonymous employee Penguin Random House Employee Review

4.0
Jan 17, 2017
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Pros

Penguin Random House is a great place to build your publishing career. The benefits (vacation, insurance, summer Fridays, free books) are wonderful, and salary is competitive (for publishing).

Cons

The culture is markedly different than in other publishing houses here. People tend to eat lunch at their desks, and just work silently - not a lot of camaraderie, but it depends on the group you are in. Promotions don't happen as quickly as in other houses. My experience with management wasn't great.

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