Tough and Bipolar - Vice President A+E Networks Employee Review

3.0
Mar 19, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Decent compensation, awesome brands, driven people, good business, poor technology.

Cons

OMG the politics - its insane. Makes a soap opera look tame. Some rather insane promotions based on kissing posterior rather than anything else. Tech seems to be dominated by the goal to bring in as many offshore candidates as possible who cover each others mistakes. On the business side we were underwhelmed.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I worked on the Content Creation team which is primarily made up of contract employees. Work is remote, but plenty of opportunities to get together in office and meet other people and socialize afterwards. Everyone on the team is great to work with, there are efficient systems in place and it is a well-oiled machine! I've done two contract rounds with them and am looking forward to my next one.

Cons

No opportunities to convert from contract to staff. There are a lot of things that aren't available to contract employees that are only available to staff (certain meetings, resources, etc). Contract employees are limited to 18 months, and then are required to take a year off.

2.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some very nice people; had good benefits although those are being cut back because of financial uncertainty

Cons

Fading industry, frequent layoff cycles with hints of more to come, the company is trying to innovate but some divisions are slow to modernize other than throwing around silly talking points at meetings.

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