Springer Nature reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(1,530 total reviews)

Frank Vrancken Peeters

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Springer Nature has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,530 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Springer Nature employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Apr 17, 2025

Best in academic publishing

Recommend
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Pros

Excellent access to science, community, personal development opportunities, and growth mindset.

Cons

The pay is under industry standards.

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Springer Nature Response
1y
Thank you for sharing. Every day our colleagues contribute to making a positive impact with science and we strive to have contributions recognised. We enjou working on varied, purposeful, and rewarding projects that support our communities and partners and we have a culture of support. We do regularly benchmark our salaries and flexible benefits offering with the industry, Thanks again.
2.0
Apr 10, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

1. Policies look great on paper. 2. 10 days of sick leave. 3. A few teams/departments are actually good to work with — make sure to check before joining. 4. Single swipe attendance policy. 5.If you flatter or blindly agree with higher-ups (a.k.a. do “chatukarita”), you can reach any position — merit often takes a back seat.

Cons

1. Micromanagement is common. 2. Company policies are good on paper but the reality in some teams is the exact opposite. They track whether you're online or offline. They indirectly monitor if you're away from your desk. On paper, you can take two sick leaves without proof, but in reality, they ask multiple questions when you try to avail them. 3. Under the excuse of being a public-listed company, there's constant pressure for cost-cutting and revenue generation. 4. They claim to be flexible, but assign work to your full capacity, leaving no room for actual flexibility. 5. Performance doesn’t seem to matter — most employees receive an average rating, while others enjoy the remaining budget. 6. Management acts as if they have thousands of years of experience and dismiss any processes or suggestions from junior employees. 7. You have to practically beg for your earned leaves. 8. The work culture feels like a school or a sales/marketing job, with weekly targets that you’re expected to meet by any means necessary. 9. Some teams are being called into the office 3 days a week due to supposed misuse of remote work — even though it was actually management’s fault. 10. It feels like, in the name of being a public company, we may eventually have to ask permission even to use the washroom. 11. Despite being the same company, the experience varies drastically across teams — some business units have great team environments and flexibility while others are the complete opposite, even though the workload is the same. 12. Employees can give review for tl and managers on paper but not really.

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Springer Nature Response
1y
Thank you and sorry to hear your feedback which is not at all usual or in line with our Pune culture or indeed process. Flexibility is something important to us all and we are very proud to offer to all our colleagues cross all levels of our organisation globally. This is one of our unique selling points and we hear positive feedback often. If colleagues are unwell this is always respected and, all that we ask is that we're informed in a timely basis. Sick leave was recently updated (in January 2025 in Pune) as we transitioned SNTPS into Springer Nature more completely. I would strongly suggest that you reach out to your HR Manager or our Director of HR who has offered to talk to you 1-1 to discuss your concerns and feedback.
1.0
Apr 9, 2025

Toxic work culture

Recommend
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Pros

Well known company with strong profits

Cons

The work culture in the Delhi office is very toxic. There is a noticeable lack of professional maturity at the leadership level, resulting in an environment that appears unstructured and difficult to navigate. This, coupled with a tendency to foster insecurity and internal politics, has impacted both morale and productivity.

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