Future reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(714 total reviews)

Kevin Li Ying

60% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Future has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 714 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Future employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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714 reviews
2.0
Aug 11, 2022

Tough to carve out a Future at Future plc

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Direct Manager and team members.

Cons

The salaries are not competitive amongst industry standards and it’s very difficult to receive any sort of pay raise. As a result, it’s hard to consistently stay motivated when you feel your work isn’t being recognized. There is constant turnover and the morale isn’t what it should be as a result. It appears that the company is more concerned with acquiring new brands than taking care of their own employees.

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Future Response
3y
We appreciate you taking the time to share feedback with us. We've been focusing on listening to employee feedback so we can make some real changes to make Future a great place to work. Following our recent engagement survey we've been holding listening sessions to hear suggestions on how to improve our employee experience, hopefully you've been able to come to one and give us your input there too. If you'd like to share further feed back with us, we encourage you to get in touch directly.
1.0
Sep 28, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

compensation is ok, but not worth it

Cons

they only care about money, and driving revenue, it's completely soulless.

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Future Response
5y
I'm surprised you feel this way. By its very nature, Future is a collective of passionate people who create content for the folks who love the same things we do. Our cycling brands are staffed by dedicated cyclists. Our music brands are staffed by gifted musicians. Our tech brands are staffed by folks who feel weird if they leave the house with only one phone in their pocket. These are passionate people who love coming to work every day and putting all of their energy into making the kind of things they would want to read. In the face of all this, you see this organisation as soulless? Yes, every company ever cares about money, guilty as charged I guess. But to say we only care about money with the things we create every day? That is a difficult position to have a reasonable conversation on. Hope you're able to find a place to be happy in your work.
1.0
Sep 24, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing is good in this company

Cons

They just treat employees like numbers, and they don't try to understand their situation

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Future Response
5y
It's unfortunate you feel so strongly about this, from my perspective Future takes pretty good care of its herd. Even now, in the middle of a pandemic where every company has had to reign things in a little, there are constant efforts to ensure everyone is healthy and cared for. There's an entire team of colleagues helping those who are struggling mentally right now, each of our offices have committees tasked with hosting regular events for everyone to participate it, and our leaders have regularly demonstrated a no bull approach to ensuring as many people as possible have what they need to do their jobs well. I can't help but disagree when you say this company treats employees like numbers. It's true there are difficult decisions made, such as centralising our development teams to make the whole steer a little easier to manage across multiple continents. Those decisions are never made lightly, and every effort is made to ensure anyone who needs to be led to another pasture is handled as compassionately as possible. Best wishes from all of us on your next adventure.
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