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Ticker Symbol Entity Name As Of Date Review Url Logo Company Author Title Author Location Author Country Summary Description PROs CONs Recommends Value Recommends Description Outlook Value Outlook Description CEO Review Value CEO Review Description Helpful Count Rating: Overall Rating: Work/Life Balance Rating: Culture & Values Rating: Career Opportunities Rating: Comp & Benefits Rating: Senior Management Rating: Diversity & Inclusion Company Id Company URL Advice to Management Not Helpful Count Employer Responses Employer Status Is featured? Is current job? Job Ending Year Length of Employment Company Website Company Industry Id Company Sector Id Date Added Date Updated Company Name Sector Industry
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Mar 25th, 2021 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Publishing Assistant Welcoming environment Considerate staff and streamlined operations Difficulty moving up due to financial constraints of the organization 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 749731 Open 0.0 [] PART_TIME No No 0.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Feb 11th, 2021 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Administrative Assistant Collegial environment Great colleagues and a collegial environment Difficult to grow at this publisher, as with many publishers 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 749731 Open 0.0 [] REGULAR No No 0.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Jan 25th, 2021 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Associate Publicist Oakland, CA Wonderful content and staff, bureaucracy from hell Prestigious academic publisher that provides a great environment for learning the publishing process. Great colleagues and important content is produced. Poor marks for retention. Senior management pays a lot of lip service to "challenging the status quo" and recognizing employee value, but doesn't take much action to improve the station of junior staff members. Massive amounts of bureaucracy prevent most decisions from being acted upon. 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 749731 Open 0.0 [] REGULAR No Yes 0.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Jul 9th, 2019 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Director Oakland, CA Working with a passionate team to promote publishing that makes a difference Marketing and publicizing books and journals that can advance knowledge in its given discipline/field of study, and with an overall team that is passionate about excellence in publishing (and working under the rigorous realities of all of UC Press's books having to go through the peer review process), makes working here deeply meaningful and fulfilling. The team across the board is respectful, collaborative, and constructive, and the upper management is always open and available to one's queries and needs. Working for a California state government nonprofit organization, within the immensity of the University of California system, means that certain processes can take longer than at other orgs/companies. 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 APPROVE 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 749731 Open 0.0 [] REGULAR No Yes 4.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Feb 21st, 2018 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press terrible management, good books Mid-level and early career staff are great colleagues, as are the editors and editorial assistants. Interesting authors and great books, though production values have declined for the past few years. Good benefits. The management -- the Director and Deputy Director created a toxic work environment, transforming a storied academic press into a pseudo-corporate publisher without the cash flow. The Director often "works" from home and games the UC travel reimbursement policies to cover personal travel. The Director, after presiding over several rounds of layoffs, revenue short falls, and constant budget-tightening, wore her Louboutin stilettos to the office. Without irony. This let-them-eat-cake attitude was of a piece with the Director's railing against long-time employees who hoped to offset their low salaries (some as low as $35-40K) with modest UC pension benefits in retirement. Interesting that the Director herself stuck around long enough to be vested in the UC pension system. Speaking of shoes, the (incompetent) Deputy Director accessorized her improbable 15-year rise through the ranks with ever-higher heels. Laughable that this unqualified person oversaw all revenue generation -- with no relevant background, experience, or raw talent in sales, marketing, fundraising, or management. Her elevation was testament to the power of ingratiation, flattery, and sabotage. -1.0 NEGATIVE 0.0 NEUTRAL -1.0 DISAPPROVE 5.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 749731 Open The Director should return to corporate publishing, where she can wear her scorn for academia with pride. Hire a new director deeply rooted in academia. Given the challenging revenue environment for scholarly publishing, reduce the layers of bureaucracy and management. Invest in acquiring editors, editorial assistants, designers, and production editors. Think twice before hiring $300/hour consultants who promise the moon and deliver nothing. 0.0 [] REGULAR No No 1.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Nov 27th, 2017 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Editorial Intern Great experience for someone interested in editorial at a publishing house! Hands on editing projects Constant review of work with various supervisors Fascinating material, especially for an academic press Education on the process and every step of book production Quiet office, not a lot of socializing 1.0 POSITIVE 0.0 5.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 5.0 749731 Open 0.0 [] INTERN No No 0.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Jan 16th, 2017 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Colleagues, for the most part, are quite amicable and sweet. The books that are published. Health Benefits Flexible hours Toxic work environment. Entire departments get blamed for budget short falls when in reality, every department is so short staffed that the entire company can't function healthily. Almost everyone suffers, especially Editorial Assistants. Some departments would not be able to function at all without work studies/interns. Don't expect manageable workloads. Don't expect professional development. Expect to be bullied by higher-ups. -1.0 NEGATIVE -1.0 NEGATIVE 0.0 NO_OPINION 5.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 749731 Open Hire more lower-level employees. Raise wages. 0.0 [] REGULAR No Yes 0.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 May 23rd, 2016 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Great internship opportunity for hopeful publishers It's a small enough press that you feel comfortable and undaunted, but large enough that you feel part of a buzzy and innovative community. I did not meet a member of staff I didn't like. There's a lot of opportunity to oversee different departments if you're not sure what aspect of publishing you want to go into. Sometimes in my department my work was repetitive, and I often felt like I wasn't being given challenging work. But, interns are often responsible for the least interesting but unfortunately necessary tasks. 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 APPROVE 1.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 749731 Open Give your intern more responsibility and learning opportunity if they are demonstrating that they are capable and enthusiastic! It's mutually beneficial. 0.0 [] INTERN No No 0.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Feb 10th, 2016 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Good experience Really got to learn from everyone. Supervisors and other employees are likable and I really got to learn from everyone. Not a great work environment; everyone seems focused on their own thing and doesn't seem collaborative. Culture doesn't seem too great. 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 APPROVE 1.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 749731 Open My advice to management would be to focus more on the work culture, as it's not too great. 0.0 [] No No 0.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press
private:universityofcaliforniapress https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=749731 Jan 26th, 2016 12:00AM Open Open University of California Press Cost Accountant Oakland, CA Work in Process accounatnt Health Benefit, flexible hours, family oriented environment Poor management, Low Salary for non manager, 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 749731 Open 0.0 [] No No 4.0 May 4th, 2021 09:29PM May 4th, 2021 09:29PM University of California Press

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