Springer Nature reviews

Nature continue to lead the world on impact and that is because of the great Nature team. Thank you for sharing your view on our hybrid work from home policy which has recently been updated so everyone globally has the same policy. For a time, we had a pilot scheme in place for 2 business areas (20% of our population) and, after listening to many of our colleagues via the engagement survey and other feedback, we decided to adopt a fair and consistent approach for all our colleagues around the world. We remain convinced that the positive impact of in person contact together with colleagues in the office 2 days a week supports our culture of being a great place to work, network and learn. Whilst this is a change for some colleagues, we hope that we can embrace this together. We made this decision for long term cuture, collaboration and career development. You may recall that we now offer 20 days per year workation days which allows for great flexibility to work and spend time with family and friends abroad. This has proved very popular. In reference to your comment about our CPO, it's simply not correct. He has published over 20 journal articles, books, conference papers and patents. Please also note that we steer our salaries in line with the labour market and constantly reivew these based on industry benchmarks.

Thank you for sharing your review and very sorry to hear about your experiences. We do not take decisions lightly when making colleague or organisational changes. Business productivity and markets evolve and with this our strategy needs to adapt. As you say, our people are terrific and our work touches millions of people every day; the communities of researchers and educators we work with and the wider public who read and benefit from the research we publish. Without our people we couldn’t be able to deliver on our overall business mission to help solve the world’s greatest challenges.