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
3.0
Sep 26, 2016

Hit and Miss

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people here are incredible, reliable (most of the time) and are pretty down to earth. It's a good place to start and get a foot on the ladder in a publishing and you can progress in the company. Some of senior management have got nothing but your happiness in mind and the food downstairs isn't bad.

Cons

They don't spare any expense, for example doing building work to reshape the cafeteria and several offices (that didn't need it) ordering £400 of pizza a week for team moral but not paying for a bike cage in the basement after 2 bikes went missing. As soon as there is a loss people get nervous about who is going to be cut and possibly come back contracting. It just doesn't seem sometimes like they have thought things through.

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Future Response
9y
Thank you for your feedback, we're incredibly grateful to receive all thoughts and opinions from our former employees. We are proud to have some of the best people in the business in our boat and we're lucky to have such passionate colleagues delivering great results. We constantly work with our management teams in the business to ensure their teams are engaged, understand how they fit into the bigger picture and are always mindful of well-being and employee satisfaction. We are careful about where we invest our money and largely, when it comes to office improvements, these are based on huge amounts of employee feedback we receive. Our HR and management team are embedded in the business and always approachable for any feedback, suggestions and recommendations our employees wish to offer. We try to lead with the best foot forward but pride ourselves on being able to review and reflect and if the course needs re-set, then we will boldly do this - we need to stay competitive in our tough market! Thank you for your feedback and we invite you to reach out with any further thoughts and ideas you would like to share. All the best in your future endeavours and many thanks for your contributions to our fantastic business.
5.0
Sep 8, 2016

Brilliant opportunities for progression

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Very smart and agile employees - International working culture - Employees are respected with senior management keen to develop them - Opportunities for progression: rewarding and adaptable culture - Innovative approach

Cons

- Pay could be improved (though still good for publishing/ media) - Lack of benefits

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Future Response
9y
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated! We value when an employee takes the time to help us improve the business.
4.0
Sep 7, 2016

Decent workplace

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people I work with are very nice, the team always support each other and I learned a lot from them. There is a hack day where you have an opportunity to innovate and work with other team. Monthly free food, awesome Christmas party.

Cons

The office is quite old with dirty carpet.

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Future Response
9y
Thanks for your response. We love to create an innovate environment and the hack days are a perfect reflection of this. And, don't worry, the carpets are coming!
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