Pros
It's close to Portobello Road, which is a great area in West London - so good for lunch options. There are lots of nice staff.
Cons
The management is opaque, unresponsive and unsupportive. As a news reporter , I found that managers paid lip service to innovation but were never willing to encourage journalists to pursue features or story ideas beyond toeing the line of legal churnalism. While I can't speak for other departments, journalists were undervalued and underpaid. Editors have no experience as journalists outside of a narrow legal beat, and often appear to feel threatened rather than inspired by journalists in other fields. A toxic culture exists among editors who talk down imagination and creativity rather than nurturing it among their staff. At the top end, Exco seems more concerned with maximizing profits and growing the business than doing anything about the woeful turnover rates and low morale. If you're a young reporter looking for your first gig, I'd look elsewhere. There are pitifully few opportunities for career progression unless you want to be a legal editor.