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      Future

      Engaged Employer

      Future reviews

      3.2

      44% would recommend to a friend

      (714 total reviews)

      Kevin Li Ying

      60% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      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
      1.0
      Nov 1, 2015

      Enforced contract changes; misleading corporate comms; Plc objectives intentionally obfuscated.

      Senior editorial
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Heritage and some talent still left. City of Bath is beautiful to love and work in. The odd free magazine. Group singing...

      Cons

      Complete lack of empathy toward staff. Pay structure frozen and unbalanced. No internal learning or training opportunities. Corporate comms claims eroded by reading trading updates - obfuscation the true state of consumer revenues. CEO and former CFO banking renegotiations earned management and shareholder bonuses at the expense of basic staff salaries. Most titles understaffed. Websites lack leadership and clear editorial strategy that fits contemporary media models. Bleak future.

      3.0
      Sep 10, 2015

      Great team, dated practices.

      Systems developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits and a smart and dedicated team. Interesting problems to solve, but not always solved in the right way.

      Cons

      A political place to work, there's a restructure around every year, which can get scary. Avoidance of test driven development and can have a low bus factor. Pay rises are unlikely because media is dying.

      4.0
      Jul 24, 2015

      Back on track

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Clear strategy for the future growth of the business, ambitious but realistic targets, open and honest communication from management about what is happening in all areas of the business, growing community within the business, offices are being renovated/updated (long overdue), Brands are global leaders that are still growing with amazing audiences who are highly engaged.

      Cons

      weight of expectations given the history of the company, some areas of the business still live in the heyday of the past, making them slow to embrace the new opportunities that the changing nature of media offers. Lots of systems/platforms and processes are being updated but this gives you the chance to shape the business.

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