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Penguin Random House

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Got the flu and used sick days? You're fired! - Anonymous employee Penguin Random House Employee Review

2.0
19 Feb 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

PRH offers a mostly friendly and collaborative environment, along with comprehensive benefits.

Cons

Fired for taking allotted sick days when highly contagious supervisor shared her flu. Worked extensive overtime under enormous stress imposed by toxic, OCD, boss. Unable to enjoy a lunch break, summer Fridays, or holiday season break due to boss's unreasonable expectations. Boss enjoyed creating a hostile and fear-based environment and was strategic about targeting people and creating back stories to cover her tracks. This was an incredibly unhealthy situation that HR, and management, allowed to persist.

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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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Pros

Great People, wonderful industry, books!

Cons

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