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      3.6

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (1,032 total reviews)
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      Jeff Zucker

      33% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      CNN has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,032 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CNN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.9 stars).

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      1K reviews
      1.0
      Mar 15, 2010

      There's nothing "family-friendly" about CNN.

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      Pros

      Great place to get experience, looks good on resume

      Cons

      CNN is a good place to work if you don't inconvenience management by having a family and daring them to uphold their "family-friendly" policies. When I began job-sharing, I consistently received poor performance reviews, despite the quality of my work not changing. I eventually was let go because management couldn't make me quit. This was a much better, more innovative company under Ted Turner. Now it's just another big corporation that only cares about the stockholders.

      4.0
      Feb 8, 2010

      Excellent Resources for Professional Growth

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      Pros

      CNN offers a tremendous amount of resources at the hands of every professional working within its walls. Each individual carries a strength to the production team that makes it one of the most intellectually stimulating environments. Senior colleagues have a breadth of expertise in fields that they have covered issues an entire career over. As junior staff they place an incredible amount of trust in your abilities that ultimately allow you to build on your portfolio. Each day offered new and exciting opportunities and that certainly beat working the traditional and predictable 9-6 M-F job where your work followed you each day of the week. You must be willing to "give it your all."

      Cons

      You must have the ability to balance your personal life. If building your career is a priority over maintaining your social and personal life then this is the perfect match. If your social life is of the utmost importance, then CNN along with the entire broadcast news industry certainly is not for you.

      4.0
      Jan 16, 2010

      Lots of opportunity, lots of red tape

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      Pros

      Huge company, lots of opportunity to grow. Really diverse team of incredibly talented people which makes learning and growing personally a daily routine.

      Cons

      Because they are so large, there's a lot of unnecessary red tape involved in any kind of change. Poor performance is difficult to give any repercussions for and stellar performance is difficult to reward. Status quo and longevity with the company are the only surefire ways to slowly make your way up the ladder.

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