Does Future pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Future employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Future. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Future?

44% of Future employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Future 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Future?

Editor (41) , Account Director (15) , Staff Writer (15) , Freelance Writer (12) , Account Manager (10) , Manager (8) , Marketing Executive (8) , Senior Editor (8) , Content Writer (7) , Sales Associate (7) , Account Executive (6) , Director (6) , Writer (6) , Analyst (5) , Graphic Designer (5)

What are the pros of working at Future according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 72 reviews)); "The culture is great and they are not micro" ((in 34 reviews)); "benefits were good but compensation scale wasn't" ((in 28 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and knowledgeable" ((in 27 reviews)); "unlimited holiday (I know it doesn't suit everyone but I like the lack of admin)" ((in 26 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Future according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and it could get a little busy" ((in 32 reviews)); "Upper management at the time was careless, rushed decisions, took stabs in the dark." ((in 14 reviews)); "Senior leadership have no emotional intelligence" ((in 14 reviews)); "They are mandating days back in the office almost in a threatening way, other companies are more understanding/flexible." ((in 10 reviews)); "But they swallow back their tears because their manager just sent them another email about some random new work they don't want to deal with." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Future layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Future layoffs and their outlook for job security at Future in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Future locations?

New York , South San Francisco , Washington , Atlanta , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Ogden , Clark , Succasunna , Union , Montgomery , Richmond , Brooklyn , Cary , Austin , Dallas , Egypt , Palo Alto , Denver , Vancouver , Philadelphia , Boston , Richfield , Florida City , Tamarac , Egypt

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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Reviews by job title

714 reviews

1.0

Oct 26, 2018

Stay away, there is no future here.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great talent joined with some of the recent acquisitions - Work/Life balance is okay

Cons

- Print shop mindset is still alive and kicking. - Zero innovation. - No growth opportunities. - Fear mongering and top-town management approach. - Wrong people making important decisions. Bad calls are made across the board. - People are treated like cattle. No respect for anybody, no matter what role or level. - Disorganized and mismanaged.

Future Response

7y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours.

4.0

Oct 23, 2018

Great overall, better than a lot of other places I've work at

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Unlimited holiday (although I know some managers do cap it) - Fairly flexible working environment and working from home is an option is agreed with manager - 3 month sabbatical at 5 years of service if wanted - Share incentive plan - Living wage employer - Monthly munchies (free lunch once a month) - Christmas closure - Yearly bonus if we hit our targets (which we have for the last two years)

Cons

- IT systems are not robust enough for the size - Still not on Adobe CC despite being such a large company - Some of the teams are disjointed from the rest of the company, with so many acquisitions it takes a lot of time to get people to work in a more standardised way

Future Response

7y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We believe we have some great employee benefits in place. We recognise that there is room for improvement in terms of some systems and resources and we are working hard to make it easier to work at Future.

2.0

Oct 17, 2018

Acquired, TUPE'd, forgotten

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Talented, passionate, collaborative colleagues across editorial teams

Cons

Senior management communications atrocious prior to, throughout and post acquisition; unrealistic expectations on impact of acquisition and redundancies; redundancy process abysmal - no respect for brand's past nor the contribution of the editorial team; not enough consultation on role and responsibility changes; under-appreciated from start to finish; gimmicky values, full of clichés that don't mean anything.

Future Response

7y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We recognise that an acquisition process can be a very turbulent time. Acquisitions is a large part of our business strategy, as such we really welcome your feedback in terms or improving this in the future, please feel free to send this to peopleandculture@futurenet.com. We are actively trying to improve our Company communications, in fact we are in the process of appointing a Communications Manager who will lead the evolution of this.

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