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Fun work; poor compensation and job longevity - Anonymous employee Rowman & Littlefield Employee Review

2.0
Jul 29, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The work is challenging and varied. It will keep you interested since there are always new problems to tackle. Great colleagues who are supportive and willing to help/train you on anything you need. Laid-back work environment. Great place to get started and learn the ins and outs of publishing and get hands-on experience before taking it elsewhere.

Cons

The sheer volume of work is daunting with most people doing 2-3 people's amount of work. Poor compensation ($32,000-$35,000) for the amount and level of work being done. They do promote and give performance increases, but raises are small and insignificant after tax. People are doing senior-level work without being paid accordingly. Incredibly high turnover because of the low pay and high stress. Hard to keep moral high when there is constant turnover and no improvements. Quality of the books being published is poor. There is not a lot of room for upward mobility after one or two promotions. When people resign, there is a an air of indifference from upper management because they know you can be replaced by someone who is right out of college who is willing to take a lower salary to start their career.

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5.0
Oct 11, 2022
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Pros

Great atmosphere, friendly staff, able to work remotely, good leadership, ample free parking

Cons

Not much growth career-wise, benefits are ok

2.0
Oct 15, 2025
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Pros

Friendly entry level employees. Get to travel once in a blue moon.

Cons

Will not provide a living salary, had to rent a basement room with a creepy landlord who only rented to young women and definitely had cameras everywhere to perv. That's the only life you will be able to afford on this salary. Couldn't even afford an actual mattress, had to sleep on the floor most nights due to the poverty wage. Non fiction publisher with lots of books on unions and their benefits, but will actively squash union attempts and will engage in union busting techniques that their own books warn about. Management are old and think the future is still print catalogs. No efforts of digital restructuring and data is unsecured on SharePoint in random Excel documents. Management will actively brag about their lux vacations while their employees have to get food stamps.

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