ESPN reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,301 total reviews)
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93% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

ESPN has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,301 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ESPN 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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2.0
Jun 28, 2019
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Pros

Working at ESPN means you also work for Disney, and in HR that means there are plenty of opportunities to go to different segments and still maintain employment/benefits within the company.

Cons

HR leadership subscribes to bottom-down management: walking around the floor at 6pm to ensure people are still there working, maintaining that employees be in role for a set period of time (at least two years) before eligible for promotions, celebrating birthdays instead of achievements, rewarding individuals instead of teams, working behind closed doors and offering no visibility into their decision-making, and mandating all HR employees sit in the middle of the floor with no windows as they all have large offices on the perimeter of the building. It's like working for a company that's still living in the 60s.

1.0
Jun 8, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

If you find the right group, there are some extremely talented mentors/colleagues

Cons

Layoffs unannounced, little to no opportunity for raises/promotions, opaque communication from executives, unclear goals and priorities, general disregard for employees’ well-being, infighting among executives leading to tension in lower ranks, refusal to empower workers, no collective bargaining, decision-makers overly beholden to shareholders

2.0
Oct 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

ESPN is a great brand Work life balance isn't terrible Decent perks with Disney

Cons

Management has lost vision, empathy and backbone Company refuses to invest in its employees long term Pay is not even close to competitive Company does not invest in tech talent despite calling itself a tech company

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