The Best Book Publishing Companies to Work For

• Highlights: Reviewed on case-by-case basis; 10% of workforce telecommutes.
• Option to work compressed work weeks: Yes (4 times per year)
• Employee assistance program: Yes (informal)
• On-site exercise and fitness facilities: Yes
• On-site fitness/wellness programs: Yes (half-price classes)

Other benefits:

• Company pays 100% of medical and prescription coverage (80% for dependents).
• Partially subsidized on-site cafeteria.
• Adoption assistance.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Other programs or practices that promote a healthy work/life balance:

• Company pays half the cost for strength, fitness, yoga and tai chi classes at local gyms.
• On-site fitness center, ping-pong table, outdoor basketball and tennis courts.

Why Human Kinetics thinks it’s a great place to work:
“Human Kinetics is special in that it blends the type of work one does with who one is, resulting in professional and personal fulfillment and a great sense of ownership.”

5. W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.
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U.S. Headquarters: New York, N.Y.
President & Chairman: W. Drake McFeely

W. W. Norton & Co., the “oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees,” strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to “publish books not for a single season, but for the years” in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, college textbooks, cookbooks, art books and professional books.

Overview:

• Number of new hires*: 43
• Rate of voluntary turnover*: 7%
• Bonus or incentive program for all employees: Yes
• Employee stock option/profit-sharing: No/Yes

401(k) or 403(b) retirement savings program:

• Employer match: 100% of the first $2,000
• Maximum match: $2,000

PTO time:

• Paid holidays/year: 22
• PTO includes: Vacation, sick, personal
• Vacation days available after 1 year: 10
• Maximum no. of vacation days: 20
• Sick days: Unlimited
• Personal days: 3

Telecommuting/flex time:

• Highlights: 13% of head-office workforce telecommutes full- or part-time.
• Option to work compressed work weeks: No
• Employee assistance program: No
• On-site exercise and fitness facilities: No
• On-site fitness/wellness programs: No

Other benefits:

• Maternal and paternal leave for adoptions.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employees contribute 1% of salary (pre-tax) for health coverage.

Other programs or practices that promote a healthy work/life balance: