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Perseus Books Group

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Low pay, little respect, outdated everything - Anonymous employee Perseus Books Group Employee Review

3.0
Jul 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

On a personal level most all employees are awesome people you love to hang out with. There's lots of personality everywhere and you're encouraged to keep it. Nearly everyone is pulling double there weight and not complaining much about it on the day to day. Great books. They certainly try to give you the best health benefits they can for the least cost on you.

Cons

Niche groups- between departments and different offices there is a lot of eye rolling and behind the back talk. No one is getting payed enough under the VP & C levels for what they do and they're putting in a lot of micro management changes. Half of the systems are out of date and don't work together and most of IT is doing too much with too little. The company constantly implements things they can't support right away and puts that extra work on someone and sort of tells them to just figure it out. Health benefits change every year so good luck keeping the same doctor in network. HR and payroll are hit and miss on responsiveness, and like most HR departments they work more for the employer than the employee. 90% of the time someone gets hired on because they know someone and the closer you are to the boss personally the more you get away with. I've seen some good people fired because the boss's friend was having a bad day. What ever department is making the most money matters more than anyone else, even if they start demanding changes that make someone else's job harder. There's only pats on the backs to individuals when the leave the company and often times they're attributed with things they either didn't actually do or given full credit for something they hardly touched. We keep getting told how much money we're making as a company but all we get in return for it is told we need to find away to cut back spending. The company is still up for sale and the CEO has a golden parachute while the rest of us have to be ready with resumes on hand. It's pretty clear that he doesn't care so long as he can get us sold.

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5.0
Dec 25, 2016
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Pros

Amazing, enthusiastic teams to work with.

Cons

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2.0
Mar 7, 2015
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Pros

Almost all people who work here are professional, kind and nice. People are good to go for beer with and care about their work. Office itself is really nice, with a little cafe with nice coffee machine.

Cons

The leadership is AWOL. This allows bad apples to dominate. And there is one bad apple in particular... . Anyone who has worked in NY OFFICE knows who I mean. This person gets away with behavior that wouldn't be tolerated anywhere else. I'm talking about really cruel, divisive, borderline harassment type behavior. What does this person have on the CEO? We all wonder.

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