McGraw-Hill Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The company experienced massive lay-offs due to the loss of major accounts"

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"It was a good working environment"

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The industry this company is in is volatile, therefore the idea of job security is always threatened"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Screen the competence of persons in management positions and draw from those employees who demonstrate knowledge and vision"

"You work hard for little compensation"

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The people I worked with were very nice"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't expect to be hired permanent any time soon, they lie and say they will hire you permanently within a year and then fall through with that promise."

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"I felt like I worked alot for no compensation"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more permanent employees NOT temps"

"Good experience"

"Be open minded"

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"I like how they try to allow the workers to get more education within the company. One can get class training via the web."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know what you want in your career. It will help to find your placement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest that they should have more contact with their workers and get involve with the work. Not just directing.This way they will understand what the job entails in time and difficulties. They can know better who they are working with and have a successful out come. This I recommend to all managers old and new. Not everyone in MMH has this problem. Just a few."

"Stars speak for themselves"

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"that I learned data proccessing skills"

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"no real opportunities for growth in the compapn"

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"Nothing"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't do it. There are far better companies out here to work for."

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"Stagnation; old boys network environment despite their best efforts to say this is a great company for women to work in. They treat contractors poorly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Wake up and smell the coffee. The world of PM has passed them by; they are managing this company using 50's standards. Treat people with consideration and respect and you will get the best out of people."

"CTB McGraw-Hill will cease to exist"

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The clients"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Look elsewhere..company is going broke."

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"Ineffective senior management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sell the company"

"I thought the company could use some work ..."

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"Health benefits"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do it only if you are desperate for a job."

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"Low compensation compared with other top publishers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recognize good employees and promote them, not bad managers."

"This is a very chaotic place to work."

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"Ability to work with a people from a wide variety of skill backgrounds. Opportunity to learn and expand upon a complex application system (used for school testing)."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask a lot of questions."

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The company official uses matrix management but developers are not included until requirements and schedules are set."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open up the work environment so there is freer communications. Since I was unceremoniously laid off, I don't know what I can say that management would respond to."

"I freelanced at McGraw Hill for a short period of time 7 years ago!"

"It was good experience working of CTB McGraw-Hill."

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The people."

"Very Strange Place"

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The benefits and the location."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Turn and run as fast as you can in the opposite direction."

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The people in my division. It's the Good Ole Boys club for sure. Its also a VERY liberal place, so bring your political views to work with you!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand the work performed in the jobs which you manage. Also boys, golf should be played on the weekends, not every Friday while you're working from home."

What do you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"The variety of my roles and positions"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Work towqards understanding the full breadth and range of the company -- from education to magazines to Standards & Poor."

What don't you like about working at McGraw-Hill?

"Some of the hires and promotions that were made."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on developing a set of core values for teh company and audit against those values and continually work on getting better over time."

"If you are content with doing one thing then this is a job for you."