PRH Charts Changes in Workforce

Oct 27, 2021

New figures released by Penguin Random House shows the trade publisher making incremental progress in diversifying its workforce. The percentage of white people in non-warehouse jobs fell from 78% in the 2020 report to 74% in the most recent report. In 2016, 79% of new hires at the company were white, a percentage that fell to 48% in 2021 as of October 1.

Asian Americans represent 17% of new hires this year at the publisher, up from 9.9% last year and 8.8% five years ago. Hispanic employees accounted for 14% of new hires compared to 5.2% in 2016 and 11.3% last year. 15.9% of new hires last year were Black workers, up from 13.9% last year and 3.6% in 2016. Bi/multi-racial hires fell from 7.9% to 4.8%. 

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