A+E Networks reviews

3.6

72% would recommend to a friend

(506 total reviews)

Paul Buccieri

93% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

A+E Networks has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 506 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The A+E Networks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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506 reviews
2.0
Oct 6, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

So much potential that it keeps you hopeful for things to improve. Although, they never do. Decent office design to help feel like you're in a creative media environment.

Cons

Absolutely no communication. Leaders that don't belong in their positions. Full of cliques that make you feel that you are back in high school. Full of double standards across the board. Never focus and stick to a goal they create. No original creativity coming from any of the brands. If a company has to preach about creativity and being creative, means they have larger issues at hand. The focus over many years is fixing and reorganizing marketing, when the real issue is the lack of original, thought provoking and smart programs to air and market. "Storytelling" is the idea there, yet the stories being told are not inspiring nor do the NOW smart consumer care about. Consumers know good production and production value of programs here lack severely.

3.0
Jan 17, 2017

IT Department has more VPs & Directors than staff

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Popcorn & Movies. Cool people. Security in front is really nice. Benefits are decent.

Cons

There are more VPs, Directors, Senior Directors, Assistant Directors, and Director's Directors than actual staff to do the work. Everyone's EGO in IT is flying high. The number of meetings for everything are a MAJOR productivity slowdown. Who actually does the work since everyone is in meetings? Nothing gets done because half of IT Dept is in meetings, then there is the follow up meeting, then the pre meeting to the next meeting. I mean you would think this place had 200,000 employees. The perception of the ENTIRE company is that IT basically sucks, and the management just yells at the staff, threatens their jobs instead of developing them. 15 year employees just being let go without proper replacement etc. I mean I could go on

1.0
Aug 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Still has a few substantive creative people and business advisers. There are some people who are doing their best to right the ship. Good benefits package.

Cons

No leadership on any level, but particularly failing at c suite level. Legal and HR are the worst of it. There are few adults on the scene and truth is a relative concept. The CEO is surrounded by people who only tell her what she wants to hear.

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