Still an Old Fashioned Culture - Anonymous employee Los Angeles Times Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The paper is vital to the city and to democracy and it feels good to be a part of that.

Cons

Not forward thinking. Not strategic about planning for the future. Disorganized with no clear company mission. Poor communication between departments within the organization. Poor leadership at the top. Lots of management turnover.

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Thank you for the feedback. We appreciate you acknowledging the continued importance of our journalism mission and the LA Times role in serving the Los Angeles community. Although we’ve faced challenges in a quickly evolving news industry, our organization remains committed to creating a performance-based culture that engages and develops our employees, while driving operational results for the company and our shareholders.

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