Had potential but was a strange, political, poorly-paid environment. - Anonymous employee HarperCollins Employee Review

3.0
May 17, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some nice people, good authors & titles, nice location.

Cons

Political. Some people, despite being rubbish at their job, get promoted and helped out enormously, while others slog away at their poorly-paid jobs wondering if they even want to stay in the industry.

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Pros

Fully remote with all necessary tech provided, weekday schedule, great benefits, good leadership, small close-knit teams, generous PTO in addition to paid holidays

Cons

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5.0
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Pros

Publishing executive position at a major publishing house

Cons

I worked at Harper & Row Publishing who then merged with Collins Publishers creating the new company HarperCollins. I remember when the merger went down I was working at the ole Harper building at 10E 53rd. St. Rupert Murdock who purchased Harper created a company that was a reputable respectful giant in the industry. The division I was working was the College division where we produced and sold college textbooks. Then one day HarperCollins was up for sale (just the college division) and was sold off to Pearson Publishers who then moved everyone to NJ. Today, the ole Harper building is no longer as Harper has moved its corporate offices to lower manhattan however the legacy of Harper remains always.

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