A great place to work... - Assistant Editor Advance Employee Review

4.0
Jul 11, 2008
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Pros

This is a great company to work for. Although it is a large corporation, it feels like each paper/magazine is more of a small family-owned business. Benefits are incredibly generous and they encourage you to go after the job you want, so job growth and professional development is really up to you.

Cons

My main complaint about this company is it is not very efficient. They seem to do things in older, less efficient ways, just because that is the way it is always done. Not very innovative.

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5.0
Mar 25, 2024
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Pros

Collegial, thoughtful and supportive team

Cons

Takes some time to learn all the business units in the organization

3.0
Oct 1, 2019
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Pros

Learned to follow strict SOPs and procedures and tasked with both tier 1 and 2 remote support. Some really good coworkers. My contract's total compensation was acceptable. When policies were not clear management obtained clarification from stakeholders and would update documentation. Management regularly sought truth and perspective when issues cropped up, and would stick up for staff. For example, the support director personally called another director knowing he was on vacation to complain about an employee that had disrespected me during a support call. A day or so later I had an apology in my email from that employee and assurance from that director (which was his boss' boss' boss) that that would never happen again. Work-life balance was excellent. Work was over as soon as you clocked out.

Cons

I had serious issues with a supervisor that had poor management skills. This supervisor regularly shared confidential information with me about my coworkers. What was said to them about me behind my back?? No room for advancement and little room for professional development. Thankful for having worked here for what it was, but moved on due to these reasons.

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