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Penguin Random House

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I worked a part-time internship at Random House. - Anonymous employee Penguin Random House Employee Review

4.0
14 Jan 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- My supervisors and the people with whom I worked regularly were incredible. They reached out and definitely wanted to expose me to different aspects of the publishing industry. - I got to regularly sit in meetings with the editors of the imprint. I gathered so many insights about how a book is published from its conception to its publication. - I worked with great, friendly people in general. - Some fun perks were all the free books! I regularly went home with books that my supervisor recommended or didn't have room for anymore.

Cons

- Some busy work, like photocopying and running errands, but I had anticipated that. - Sometimes the work could get repetitive. - No pay made it hard to motivate myself on the busy work tasks.

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Great writing, Top tier production

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Great People, wonderful industry, books!

Cons

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