Cedar Fort Reviews

As fun as working with books is, Cedar Fort is a difficult company to work for. There is a strong culture of employee mistrust and blame, so if something goes wrong, expect to be held responsible (whether you had anything to do with it or not). Simply put, there is more work than is manageable for the number of employees, and the pace is impossible to keep up with, no matter how many hours of overtime you put in. Employees are not trusted to do their jobs, and as a result, micromanaging is a common and unfortunate occurrence. When employees attempt to give feedback, it is not taken seriously, and nothing really changes, leading consistently to frustration, burnout, and high turnover. Employees are treated as replaceable. This company has the potential to be a really great place to work. If the cultural/management issues were resolved, I don't think anyone would ever want to leave.

The pay is low in comparison to industry standard; expectations are not clearly defined nor communicated by management; significant changes were constantly made to my job description; and there is a CULTURE OF FEAR that flows from the very top throughout the entire company, which causes a variety of problems such as 1) micromanagement, 2) a tendency (of employees and managers alike) to shift blame to others for mistakes/problems, 3) a laborious, sometimes painstakingly slow decision-making process for everything book-related, 4) a tendency for managers to give employees, and authors, the run-around because nobody wants to take responsibility for making decisions ("you have to talk to so-and-so for that," "no, you have to talk to so-and-so" etc), 5) management is very sensitive to negative feedback and it's depressingly easy to be labeled an "attitude problem", and 6) high turnover (employees and directors alike).