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Negative work environment - Coordinator Penguin Random House Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2016
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Pros

The people who are good, are very good. Excellent vacation time and benefits.

Cons

It's not a good place to be at the bottom of the totem pole. The pay is pitifully low, the standards are incredibly high (you will be working late with no overtime pay regularly), and it is difficult to move up. Zero transparency from the executives, who care more about saving their necks in a fizzling industry than the people who work for them.

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Pros

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Cons

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Cons

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