Good transition job for out of academia - Senior Editor Springer Nature Employee Review

2.0
Mar 6, 2023
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Pros

Full time employment and not contracted, which is rare for many who wish to leave academia. Other editors are friendly and it's nice to work in an international team. If you like to travel, there are plenty of opportunities for that.

Cons

High workload and little reprieve due to high editorial staff turnover. Salaries may be just average for publishing but below average for skills required for the job (a PhD). Your experience and wellbeing is entirely dependent on your relationship to your line manager, who may not always have your best professional interests at heart. Little to no room for growth after senior editor promotion. Company is very opaque on salaries with major discrepancies between offices and editors, and no room for negotiation. Difficult to work for some of the purely open access journals for moral reasons.

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Cons

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Springer Nature Response
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts from our New York office. We have a great team; our purpose and culture continue to be 'stand out' and some of the reasons so many colleagues stay with us longer term. We are collaborative and progressive and everyday we contribute to learnings for generations to come.
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Good to work and get experience

Cons

Not great to grow there

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Springer Nature Response
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Thank you for sharing your review. We kicked off our second Career Growth Week so far this year with a focus on feedback which underpins growth at every level. Alongside the flagship sessions, colleagues took part in a wide range of virtual events across the week. These included popular sessions like building skills through feedback, Forward Talk, AI-powered feedback, “expert” careers and mentoring panels, the Facilitation Marathon, and a LinkedIn personal branding workshop, as well as practical learning through the Level up: boost your skills and Talent Attraction sessions. Perhaps look out for the next one which will be in a few months time. Colleague development is core to our organisation.
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