Is ESPN a good company to work for?

ESPN has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,721 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 79% of employees would recommend working at ESPN to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about ESPN have been left by employees working as Intern , Director and Producer .

Does ESPN pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ESPN employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ESPN. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ESPN?

79% of ESPN employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ESPN 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ESPN?

Production Assistant (70) , Intern (37) , Manager (27) , Content Associate (25) , Producer (22) , Marketing Coordinator (21) , Associate Producer (20) , Director (14) , Account Executive (10) , Editor (10) , Estagiário (10) , Associate Editor (9) , Software Engineer (9) , Account Manager (8) , Asistente De Producción (8)

What are the pros of working at ESPN according to real employee reviews?

"The health and family planning benefits are great." ((in 112 reviews)); "Great opportunities to work with former athletes and interview them." ((in 36 reviews)); "Fun work environment" ((in 28 reviews)); "Traveling to cool events and the headquarters is a great campus" ((in 28 reviews)); "Great coworkers (depends on your department)" ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ESPN according to real employee reviews?

"Very hard to get promoted; low pay" ((in 78 reviews)); "Long hours particularly at lower levels" ((in 47 reviews)); "Even though it has been a company priority there is no work/life balance and those promoted are not always the most deserving." ((in 32 reviews)); "Salaries are low, even compared to people at sister companies at Disney who do the same work." ((in 30 reviews)); "Management of this size company is poor" ((in 30 reviews))

What are employees saying about ESPN layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ESPN layoffs and their outlook for job security at ESPN in 2026.

What are the top reviewed ESPN locations?

Bristol , New York , Los Angeles , Charlotte , Chicago , Hartford , Austin , San Francisco , Miami , Dallas , Seattle , Washington , Orlando , Boston , Houston , Cleveland , New Britain , Provo , Madison , Louisville , Honolulu , Burbank , Long Beach , San Diego , San Luis Obispo , Bridgeport , Southington , West Hartford , Cheshire , Thomaston

ESPN reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(219 total reviews)

James Pitaro

93% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.2

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3.0

Sep 30, 2014

Associate Manager, Brand and Consumer Marketing

Anonymous employee

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Pros

You get to work with people as passionate about sports as you are, the benefits are great, and often there is opportunity to learn and develop skill sets. You meet athletes and gain experience working with various departments internally and externally. It's overall a positive work environment but that is heavily dependent on your immediate group.

Cons

It is difficult to get promoted, and often you must change departments in order to ascend unless you are in the right place at the right place. It is also very low pay from coordinator through manager level. I think they can get away with that since the demand to work at this company is so high.

5.0

Jul 15, 2014

Senior Manager

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

A great company. Good to their employees. Great benefits and incentives & activities. Everything done there is an excellent product. The best it can be. One can take pride in that. I loved that about the company. It is a class act!

Cons

It's huge company so staffs work life can be dramatically difference. It can feel like you are in a non-stop factory if you are in production, 24/7/365. Some never having holidays or a 2 days weekend off (just 2 single days during the week). OR you can have a stressful and intense but not long hour job as I did. I was compensated very well. Schedules and hours can vary big time from group to group. They will get you at the lowest salary that they can so get all you can in the beginning. Most people just jump on board to work for ESPN. If you have to live in Bristol, CT. Well....it's Bristol, CT. Long cold snowy winters.

4.0

May 29, 2014

Nice place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

If you love sports, this is the place to work. We cover sports in a way that no one else can and the work we do is pretty amazing, most of the time. Its also a fun place to work with good people.

Cons

The Bristol location can be difficult, unless you want to live in CT. Can't commute there from the city, so if you want to be in the city, the only possible jobs are in marketing, research and ad sales. Most everything else is in Bristol. Two other cons are salary (because so many want to work here, there's little incentive for the company to pay well) and no leaves, so career advancement can be slow.

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