Great people terrible salary - Editorial Assistant HarperCollins Employee Review

3.0
2 Aug 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The editors I assist are wonderful, intelligent, and great mentors. The publisher has great vision for the future and is willing to include everyone from the interns to the editorial directors in conversations about our groups goals.

Cons

Honestly, it’s crazy that big 5 publishers get away with paying their entry level employees less than 40k a year, when non-profits pay higher. Assistants don’t get a lot of say over how their jobs changes. I’ve been pulled around from three different editors—all here great— but no one bothered to ask me for my input on who should be my boss. It was just assigned without warning. Expect lots of overtime and outside reading.

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5.0
20 Mar 2026
Recommend
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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 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Free books, great team and a fun environment

Cons

Not a lot of room for growth

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