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Chronicle Books

Is this your company?

Great to get your foot into the industry, but I can't in good faith recommend to anyone, especially POC - Fellow Chronicle Books Employee Review

3.0
1 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Easy to get to via public transporation - Hybrid (But unsure if that will last) - Great people/co-workers - Throws great parties - You'll learn a lot. - Pretty good benefits - Good work/life balance if you prioritize it yourself.

Cons

- Terrible Exec board - Your manager may be hard to work with, really just depends - Understaffed, they know it but refuse to do anything about it. So everyone is overworked and miserable - Slim chance of upward mobility (they will say there is a good chance, but if it's there it's because people are leaving/being laid off in droves) - Racist - Ableist - Pettiest place I've ever worked - Pay is absymal especially for the area - Cliquey/popularity contest when trying to be promoted/moved jobs

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5.0
21 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Filled with intelligent, creative people who are proud of the product and work hard to make the company thrive.

Cons

The pandemic has disrupted the comradery that was more present when people were together in person more.

2.0
14 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The support staff themselves are supportive and will help with any questions you have. The books and games products are beautiful, and design really highlights their talents continuously.

Cons

Management doesn't seem to care about support staff (ie, assistants, coordinators) in sales and marketing, despite the vital role they play with managing processes. Often times leadership will stagnate support staff career growth and overload work for years until they may grant a marginal raise or promotion (that's rarely the case, unfortunately, as I mentioned before - high turnover!). With the laughable wages they grant support staff, there's burnout and division between leadership expectations and support work reality. Furthermore, the leadership is pretty poor overall. With high turnover, there's a lack of cohesion and purpose within the company. The office atmosphere seems to mimic this void of direction with the library-like silence on the floors and complete segmentation between other teams. If they tell you they're like a family, they are not telling the truth.

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