Description Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company has 117,000 employees and generated revenues of €17.7 billion in the 2018 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world.
Bertelsmann has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 115 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bertelsmann employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 72% of employees would recommend working at Bertelsmann to a friend. This is based on 177 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
62% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Bertelsmann as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Bertelsmann.