The book and cultural sector often touts flat organisational structures as the ideal, yet the weight of young staff perspectives remains uncertain.
Industry commentator Maja Herzog highlighted that while flat hierarchies are praised, it is unclear how much decision‑making power is actually granted to junior employees.
Herzog suggested that many organisations claim to listen to fresh impulses, but concrete mechanisms for incorporating those views are rarely detailed.
The discussion points to a gap between the rhetoric of egalitarian structures and the practical realities of internal decision processes within publishing houses.