Pros
- Flexible work/life balance - Promote from within - co-workers are friendly and overall work environment is very pleasant. - The job is often "what you make of it" and there is room for creativity and input. - Professional development courses are offered (Sales/Marketing Academy), so you get trained on skills that are transferable to other companies. - Company is strong and looked to as an industry leader - Librarians love our products. - great insurance/retirement benefits
Cons
Communication: During the recent merger with Nature, management remained silent and did not acknowledge overall sense of dread/fear over changes to come. Even when there was no news, a regular (monthly? quarterly?) update from upper management just to say, "hey, there's still no news, hang in there/thanks for your patience & we understand you're anxious" would have gone a very long way. Money: Pay is extremely low compared to market rate of similar jobs at competitor companies. If you move up to a different position, Springer is EXTREMELY unwilling to give significant or acceptable pay raises. The only way to be paid what you're worth is to leave and come back, which a few people have done. Which leads me to... Turnover: Springer's not a bad place to work, but recent years have seen a very high turnover rate in the sales teams and it is affecting our reputation. A couple of people who have been put into management roles have been very aggressive/toxic to their staff, which might be one reason. Another is the reticence to give talent reasonable pay raises and promotions.
