3.5 stars - Anonymous employee Macmillan Employee Review

3.0
15 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-CEO and most of the senior management team is great -Scrappy, upstart attitude -Great office location -Some good titles published, a couple good imprints

Cons

-While there's a real passion to implement change from the top down but this change is not always realized/hindered by incompetent middle managers and people who would like things to stay exactly the same -Shocking number of absolutely incompetent people work there. Many of them have been with the company for ages and do the absolute minimum to get by (if that). -The degree of ego and drama that is tolerated is sad. People get away with a lot of BS at Macmillan. They would be fired at from most other jobs. -Company needs technology solutions to get rid of its operational bloat and some of its more incompetent departments

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5.0
28 May 2026
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Pros

Great time off, including wellness days, personal and volunteer time. Employee Resource Groups, development training programs. Good people.

Cons

A lower salary than others in the industry.

3.0
9 May 2026
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Pros

A lot of nice people and great books to work with.

Cons

Very antiquated systems. Sales teams and a lot of teams are in bubbles. There are a good amount of managers and higher ups that have been there for a while (10-30 years) and they don't like change, make their teams life hell, and keep them more siloed.

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