The Walmart of Media - News Writer iHeartMedia Employee Review

1.0
Jan 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Easy to get hired, perfect temp job (they see you that way too).

Cons

Sweatshop conditions continue to exist behind the shiny, flashy lobby doors of iHeartClearChannel. Employees are expected to go above and beyond for managers who don't care about them, a company that blatantly undervalues them and for stagnant, dismal wages. The benefits are awful, if you get the chance to even use them without being reprimanded. Even the perks that used to come with working in media (free tickets to concerts and events, etc.) no longer exist. Highly talented and educated workers are treated like 5 year olds, quantity over quality is expected and rewarded, managers are disengaged yes-men who don't hide their lack of caring and are mostly underqualified. Nearly everyone working there is visibly miserable. The boys' club mentality that is alive and well doesn't help morale either. The resulting high turnover rate is openly attributed to all the reasons mentioned. So is the fact that if it weren't for recent grads star struck by the iHeart name, they'd never have enough workers. Everyone else is only there until they find something better. Again, openly talked about.

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5.0
Apr 16, 2026
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Pros

The team is very straightforward and helpful and they are willing to give you whatever tools necesary to win. One of the best teams I have ever worked with to be honestly.

Cons

Not many but you need to be flexible with hours as this is production work but that is industry standard.

1.0
May 16, 2026
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Pros

The company had really good happy hours and events to attend. Food almost everyday.

Cons

Awful management team. Everyone will plot against you if they see potential. Very political culture and one boss there is a weak male figure in the office. If he doesn’t like you all the other managers follow suit. Mind you he has no power at all yet managers at his same level report to him. Must be experienced to work there really come in with a book of business with accounts that have lots of money because that’s all they care about. They will use and abuse you then cast you to the side make sure you have a second job to lean on. Frequent layoffs no managers of color either. Lots of red flags in the begging do not ignore them.

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