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Toxic Atmosphere, No Growth, Excess Workload - Marketing Specialist Penguin Random House Employee Review

1.0
Mar 19, 2020
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Pros

You're surrounded by books everywhere and get a lot of freebies, chance to attend big book events

Cons

The upper management at the India office in Gurgaon , especially the marketing/digital team was nasty to the core, politics, and power play at it's worst, would enforce a bureaucratic work culture The infrastructure was poor and the laptops provided were two decades old. The flexi timing is only for managers and not other employees, salary is not as per industry standards. Pointless meetings are held on a regular basis which really hamper productivity and efficiency. Blame game is a common practice here.

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5.0
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Pros

Great writing, Top tier production

Cons

The male director never asked me once how I was doing or offer any advice to calm my nerves (on my first production ever with them) which lead to a burdensome recording process.

2.0
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Cons

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