Poor pay for job expectations - Rights Executive Bonnier Publishing Employee Review

(from the perspective of an editor/writer) Working on books you can be proud of. Even the most junior employees are encouraged to present ideas for new books, brand partners, and systems improvement. Getting to take an idea all the way through from proposal to contracts to edit and design to print production. Awesome cross-training compared to companies where job functions are more rigid. If you come up with a way to do something better or differently, you'll have the support to try it out (within reason) Nice folks, all the way up to top management. I've seen the CEO and CFO personally drop everything to help fix a problem rather than delegating or ignoring it. While the pace can be very fast and the deadlines tight, you're part of a talented, supportive team. Even top executives will roll up their sleeves and hep your achieve your goal. Getting to work on really cool, interesting books.

New corporate structure means we're revising admin systems and workflow and rolling out new processes. It's all the the greater good, but can feel a little confusing at times. Deadlines are often very tight and budgets can be challenging to folks who've made a lateral move from advertising or tech.

I have worked at a good many of the “big-name” publishers prior to coming Bonnier Publishing USA and cannot overstate what a much-needed and refreshing breath of fresh air this office is. So long, highfalutin and unapproachable publishers and presidents, a micromanagement style taken to a level of a religious cult, and self-perpetuating meetings and spreadsheets that monopolized one's day to the degree that doing my actual work [i.e. the books] took a back seat to updating the self-important figureheads gliding on air through the corridors about the “work” I was no longer being afforded the time to complete.

I have next to none, though I've come across colleagues who scoff at having had some of their basic work requests (such as for office supplies) rebuffed in the name of money as they're quick to point out some of our more frivolous in-house amenities are always well-stocked and paid for.