Description Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company with more than 80,000 employees that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company generated revenues of €20.2 billion in the 2023 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world. Bertelsmann aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
Bertelsmann has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 114 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bertelsmann employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 72% of employees would recommend working at Bertelsmann to a friend. This is based on 176 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
59% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Bertelsmann as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Bertelsmann.