Don’t bother with Gannett - Anonymous employee USA TODAY Co. Employee Review

1.0
Dec 22, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Not many pros but you’ll find some extremely great and transparent coworkers, if lucky. Also the amount of new skills to learn is abundant.

Cons

Terrible CEO and upper management. They know nothing about what goes into journalism. They only care for the money aspect per usual and instead of taking a huge pay cut out of their billion dollar salary to keep the company above water, they’ll layoff their loyal workers who got them to that salary base. If you’re not in a digital team or newsroom expect zero transparency from “leaders.” Also know it doesn’t matter if you work there for 30 years or 1 year you’ll be on their next chopping block of layoffs because they just see you as a “cache to clear off the phone” to make room. If you are expecting a raise or good salary, run. Fast food workers make more than what they give out which is insane when you hear about the greedy pay and PTO the management gets who barely even touch the digital content.

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5.0
Mar 9, 2026
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Pros

Career growth through working with a team that is about success - clients and your own!

Cons

No water-cooler chats because of being remote, but this isn't really a con.

5.0
May 18, 2026
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Pros

A company that I believe genuinely cares about its employees as much as their clients. Great work/life balance, decent pay, great culture, welcoming and supportive atmosphere.

Cons

Trying to "fix" too many things at one time can lead to inconsistency and feelings of being overwhelmed at all levels. There is a lot of great intent and plans to continue to grow the company and make things better overall, however, sometimes it felt a lot like "pulling at straws" approach where upper leadership would try something impulsively, and not stick to it long enough to see if it could truly make an impact, and many times certain approaches contradicted a previous one for a different area of opportunity. However, it's important to note, that through many moving parts, there was always support offered, and a "safe space" to provide feedback at even entry level roles.

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