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      2.8

      39% would recommend to a friend

      (292 total reviews)
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      KC Crain

      47% approve of CEO

      39% positive business outlook

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      Crain Communications has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 292 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Crain Communications employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      292 reviews
      1.0
      Aug 9, 2017

      A sad decline

      Journalist
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      Pros

      Great people in the trenches -- smart & dedicated. Great office location. Decent salary.

      Cons

      We went from having excellent benefits to having almost everything taken away, to the point where I can't understand why anyone under the age of 50 would want to work here. We had a pension plan, AND a profit-sharing plan, AND got a Christmas bonus. Now? NOTHING. Honestly I don't know of any reputable employers who DON'T offer a retirement plan. Except for Crain. The young leadership -- 3rd generation, you know what they say -- is ham-fisted, has communications issues, seems to lack vision and deals with problems by a) laying off rank and file workers; b) cutting benefits; and c) hiring even more bureaucrats, adding to the incredibly bloated upper leadership, non-content or revenue-producing staff and shielding themselves from having to take blame and/or address problems with true leadership.

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      Crain Communications Response
      8y
      Thank you for your candid review. As you’ve noted, Crain has changed some of our benefit offerings to our employees to grow revenue, and align us better with a highly competitive marketplace. While our reward programs have changed, they are now geared towards the goal of organizational success, where Crain will continue to share profits as its primary retirement plan contributions, as it always has in the past. Crain has always offered a voluntary savings program for retirement savings and will continue to do so. Moreover, Crain invests in employees in a variety of ways: flexible work environment, potential to earn bonuses based on individual and company performance, a generous PTO program, career development opportunities, participation in a variety of internal award programs, and community support initiatives, just to name a few.
      2.0
      Aug 2, 2017

      The beginning of the end

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Multiple locations in great cities; friendly co-workers; talented employees who are experts in their fields; good holiday time off and PTO benefit

      Cons

      Years and years of misspending and staff cuts to compensate for the misspending lead to overworked employees and a miserable work environment. Too many changes in upper level management year after year created chaos for employees. It's sad to see a once great company struggle so much. I don't expect the company to be around much longer unfortunately.

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      Crain Communications Response
      8y
      Response: We appreciate your feedback and thought we’d address some of your concerns. For the company to be successful, it is important not only to grow revenue but also manage costs and we constantly work to balance investment in our core business - content creation - with operating efficiency. Moreover, we have spent recent years streamlining our organizational structure to eliminate duplication of work between the brands and our corporate teams. We recognize change is very difficult but the changes we're making will allow us to grow the business in a more meaningful way going forward.
      1.0
      Sep 1, 2017

      Stay away if you can help it.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great staff, you will learn a lot as you will likely be doing the work of at least 2-3 different people.

      Cons

      Lots of volatility these last few years, but noticeable drastic changes last 2 months with leadership changes from the top. They keep cutting benefits, and cramming more work on already over worked employees with no Pay increases. Lost a lot of top talent over the years because of this, and will continue to do so. HR needs to grow a backbone to make a case for employees, instead of responding to these reviews.

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