Publishers Clearing House Reviews

I don't have enough time to list every single con because it's that bad. I was warned about the toxic culture before accepting my offer by a previous employee but I wanted to give PCH the benefit of the doubt — but wow. It's bad. Like, really bad. No one knows what's going on and everyone talks crap. I was told on my interview that the different departments are "collaborative" so I'd need to be willing and able to work well with different teams. What they meant is that no task can be completed... ever. Because every task has to be run through 5 different teams who are all being told different things from their different team leaders. So you'll spend your day chasing down people from other departments to try to complete on task. It's INSANITY. It's crazy, because they have so much money that they don't realize they are paying people to just sit around and complain about how ridiculous the work life is there. They also function like they're still in 1995. It's 2021, PCH. Wake up.

1) Discriminatory towards immigrants with work visas - Salaries of H1B visa holders are kept just enough to satisfy the minimum wage limit per Department of Labor. This is justified on the pretext that they are doing the employee a big favor by sponsoring their visa. It is possible for one to be asked upfront to pay the visa/attorney fees or take a pay cut. Also miraculously promotions and pay raises seem to skip minorities and work visa employees. 2) Qualification and work experience do not matter- In departments it is not uncommon to find qualified employees reporting to unqualified managers. There is no rationale on how job titles and pay scales are evaluated. When asked, the standard answer is, "It's not about you or your credentials, this is what the company needs at present and this is the job that is available so take it or you are free to leave anytime.” 3) Promotions and pay raise are a result of favoritism- Ask for a promotion and HR loves to give this one answer to everyone, "you haven't proven yourself". Managers blame HR and claim to have no say in recommending promotions. You may also hear that a promotion or pay rise cannot be given as doing so will make your colleague, who has been working at PCH since the Roman ages, unhappy. If you do get promoted, so will your colleague so that he/she don’t feel bad. 4) The new guard is arrogant - PCH has acquired couple of start ups in the past year. The “talent” from these companies enjoy big titles, are paid handsomely and have swollen egos. 5) Favoritism in hiring and growth- It’s not unusual to see new hires that are relatives of current employees and/or ex-colleagues. Training programs, conferences, client happy hours and sometimes internal meetings are for the favorites of higher level employees. External hires are given more importance than recognizing and nurturing the existing team. PCH does not encourage internal transfers and HR is not open to negotiating. 6) Politics- Management keeps saying that you can reach out to them directly if you are unsatisfied with your job description. Attempt to reach them and they suddenly become very busy and direct you to take it to HR. Managers can tend to hoard information and will not take you to meetings or trainings or even include you on work related emails so that they can keep you out of the loop. A lot of good assets are quitting PCH.