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Hachette Book Group

Is this your company?

Not what it used to be. - Assistant Hachette Book Group Employee Review

3.0
23 Sept 2019
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Pros

Free books. Every 3rd Thursday free beer + pizza. Author M&G events. Most co-workers are pleasant to work with, no drama. Good work/life balance depending on your supervisor. Overall, a good environment, you are respected, especially compared to other large publishers. You get almost all of the last 2 weeks of December off. HR does a great job of pushing diversity initiatives.

Cons

Upper management in my group doesn't care about their employees. My co-workers are great people but supervisors very openly and obviously do not care about getting to know their workers. I can see that morale declines every month I'm here. There were a bunch of layoffs and it was done hastily and in a tacky fashion. And after that, we were never told what the company would be doing with the money saved from these layoffs. The layoffs made more work for everybody else and no raises or help with the transition were made. Raises are rare. Bonuses are only half of your paycheck once a year and they come in late (a long time after the holidays). Upper management is stuck in an antiquated baby boomer way of thinking. There is no room for growth. And no incentives to stay anyways.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
8 May 2026
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Pros

I initially loved my job. For the first few years, there was excellent communication, at least on my team. The employee resource groups were incredible (still were at the time I left) and the atmosphere was pleasant and welcoming this was prior to 2025.

Cons

After 2024, there was a massive change in leadership across high levels. Layoffs began happening on a rolling basis. Few people felt safe in their jobs. Many people with institutional knowledge were let go. Communication became terrible. Workloads increased but pay did not. Another in-office day became required, with no compensation and not enough places to sit. There was no clear path to promotion. People doing the same work were being paid vastly different amounts, and it didn't match with experience either. Morale dropped and it didn't feel the same.

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