Working at Friesens Corporation

Nothing could make working for FriesenPress worth it. From the constant employee turnover, below industry standard wages, disparity in pay between departments to the poor leadership, micromanaging, spying and blatant disregard for employees person health, safety and well-being this company was an absolute nightmare from nearly the beginning. Some of the authors they work with are incredible, but many of them are racist, sexist, homophobic and generally abusive and bigotted. There is absolutely no support from management when it comes to dealing with these types of authors and often you are forced to continue to endure the abuse. Staff feel completely unheard, disrespected and not trusted and in the time I worked there the turnover roughly worked out to one staff member per month. This has been a problem for over five years at this company under the direction of the same two leaders who are absolutely, definitively the cause of the problems. The company tries to present this tolerant, forward thinking front, but really they’re happy to publish anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, etc books without blinking an eye. Every single conversation you have with authors or your coworkers are recorded and read/listened to. Managers will even go so far as to monitor your social media profiles. Speaking out against racism and intolerance, trying to open a dialogue or any kind of criticism towards management will get you terminated. If you quit there’s a good possibility that they’ll make you si