A sweatshop and a hellhole. - Anonymous employee Discover Books Employee Review

1.0
5 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None. There is nothing good about working at this company other than the fact that they do pay you.

Cons

The company's business model makes profit nearly impossible - due to the automation system system (which relies entirely on the image on the cover) the most valuable books they get in are destroyed while the books they DO sell are often misidentified because image search does not and never will work. To compensate for this employees are routinely saddled with obscene levels of overtime, and anyone who has been there for a while (and thus has accumulated multiple annual raises) is subjected to incredibly toxic working conditions (including "random" drug tests that double as strip searches) or simply framed for fireable offenses. Key departments were systematically sabotaged by management to make them look unprofitable enough to justify elimination (which looks good to investors) and the company routinely runs at the very edge of financial collapse.

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Pros

Worked only 4 days a week

Cons

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2.0
11 Sept 2025
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Pros

It wasn't far from my home

Cons

Very dark facility and you need good lighting to search for books. Extremely dusty. Constantly sneezing. Bring a mask as they are not provided.

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