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Abusive Management - Anonymous employee Penguin Random House Employee Review

1.0
20 Jul 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Half days on summer weekends - Working on new releases for big authors - Insurance - Some creative writing needed - Female staff majority

Cons

- No training benchmarks or transparency - Micromanaging and bullying - No accountability, little professionalism - Not paid enough to afford living in any city let alone large metropolitan area - Other senior managers/employees given direct credit for work I had done

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