Bad choice for families - Marketing Director HarperCollins Employee Review

2.0
16 Mar 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice coworkers and interesting books.

Cons

Since March 2020, while there has been plenty of lip service paid to allowing flexibility to all staff, especially parents, that support quickly dried up. Despite multiple conversations with my manager about workload, and how I just physically cannot get everything done because I won't sacrifice more time with my kid, the response is a shrug and "you have to do what you have to do." This summer we were denied summer Fridays - something that was standard while we were in the office and would have been a nice sign of normalcy - or at least not the massive hit to morale the announcement was. Working on massive, massive, profit generating titles doesn't even merit a 'thank you' from management, let alone a bonus or raise in salary.

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5.0
20 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- great people to work with - wonderful opportunity to get your foot in the door for those early in their careers - good benefits - remote options

Cons

- annual raises are usually the bare minimum - lots of restructuring among teams and departments

5.0
23 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free books, great team and a fun environment

Cons

Not a lot of room for growth

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