Quiet firing and toxicity, DO NOT WORK HERE! - Publisher Springer Nature Employee Review

1.0
Sep 8, 2024
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Pros

Diversity and inclusion, alternate Friday off

Cons

Incompetence at even the highest levels, favouritism, gaslighting talented employees, breaking their confidence and eventually driving them out of the company, unfair promoting practices such as promoting poor performers. Insecure managers who are more bosses than leaders and push down people who are smarter than them. Whistleblowing and grievance reporting go through the manager or their manager, so there's no way of speaking up against corruption. Diversity initiatives are great in theory but cis white straight males get special preference. Many publishing colleagues don't even have university degrees because those with higher education are working in jobs at Springer that they are overqualified for.

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Springer Nature Response
1y
Sorry to read your review which is not in line with our culture at Springer Nature where we thrive on diversity, equity and inclusion. Our 10 employee networks focus on fostering dialogue around DEI, community building, advice, advocacy and sustainability. We have an anonoymous Speak up programme that is entirely separate from the manager of the manager and concerns or complaints raised go directly to our compliance team. I would encourage you to speak up or talk to your local or global HR contact to discuss the concerns you have raised. We also have a free and confidential employee assistance programme which offers well being support as well as legal and financial guidance. This is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days in a year and is free of charge to all colleagues and members of their household.

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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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