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2.8

39% would recommend to a friend

(292 total reviews)
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39% positive business outlook

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
Jun 19, 2022

Toxic and unhealthy

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay. Great quality content. That’s about it.

Cons

Incredibly toxic environment where managers manipulate your feelings to gain trust and loyalty. Borderline abusive behavior. Unfair and frankly personal assessment of performance (if the boss likes you, you will get promoted, better pay). No work life balance. HR is laughable, shares exit interview information with managers and doesn’t follow through to actually improve circumstances that cause COUNTLESS people to quit. Lots of pseudo executives using corporate jargon who don’t really understand what it means or how to really get results. New employees who try to negotiate higher salaries upon hire will be treated poorly once they start. There’s an underlying feeling of “you’re lucky to work here” that’s a tad delusional.

2.0
Apr 1, 2018

Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The offices look really nice and the people who work there are pretty great. There isn’t a lot of micromanaging so those who like that environment will thrive.

Cons

Every year they are slowly taking away more benefits. The health insurance is the worse, the deductible is about $2k before the insurance starts paying anything, they don’t match your 401k contribution. I’m quite shocked they still have a bonus program! They aren’t replacing people who leave the company so when you walk around the floors you get little pockets of mini ghost towns. Then they redistribute the work work of that person who left to those who stay. Some managers are very clicky with the workers so ther workers and there is still the “old school boys club” mentality. They literally have dinosaurs walking around and getting paid a huge hunk of change to work the same way they did in 1985 while the younger generation has to learn new processes and do double the work to make up for the fact that some colleagues do not know how to use certain programs. Everyone I have ever met there that seems ‘normal’ is always thinking of their exit strategy and applying for new jobs.

1.0
Jun 17, 2014

Prospective employees, beware.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Used to be a good company for which to work...not anymore.

Cons

No promotions, raises barely exist - 1% a year across the board except for management with their big bonus' sucking the life out of the subordinates that cannot get ahead. Management has no clue how to manage effectively, especially in the Akron, Ohio office.

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