Crain Communications reviews

Compensation not that great, family owned, hard to find growing opportunities.

* Neglect of established online and print publishing in favour of exhibitions * Wacky personalities among senior managers do not inspire esteem or confidence * Underperforming conference department * Management sometimes give sales/commercial staff a very hard time should they take against them * Staff turnover has become astonishing in some areas * Some initiatives run ad-hoc, "hand to mouth" or "on the hoof" rather than with proper planning * Annual appraisal interviews often delayed and/or or write-ups neglected * Lip service to meeting training needs in a fast-changing publishing climate, but little or no in-depth, systematic attention to skill and career development. * Some "don't do as I do, do as I say" edicts from management, e.g. "Cut down on foreign travel". * Petty economy measures such as turning off colour printing on main copier/scanner. * Poor working environment in rented offices - aircon never worked during my 4.5 years, and building management never made any serious attempt to fix.