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 (40) , 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 67 reviews)); "The culture is great and they are not micro" ((in 34 reviews)); "Unlimited holiday is a fantastic perk as our the regular social events" ((in 30 reviews)); "benefits were good but compensation scale wasn't" ((in 28 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and knowledgeable" ((in 27 reviews))

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

"Low salary and it could get a little busy" ((in 30 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 14 reviews)); "They say they are unashamedly commercial which means that they take the outdated hard capitalist view that their overriding responsibility is to the shareholders (conveniently senior management are big shareholders)." ((in 14 reviews)); "Senior leadership have no emotional intelligence" ((in 13 reviews)); "They are mandating days back in the office almost in a threatening way, other companies are more understanding/flexible." ((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?

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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

2.0

Sep 14, 2015

No vision, no direction

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are nice. Benefits are good, or were when I left in 2013. You don't have to work very hard, but then again neither do your coworkers...and sometimes that means you're the only one on your staff who's really trying.

Cons

It's so depressing. They keep changing their minds as to the company's goals, focus, and strategy. Leaders don't lead. Good people will leave a team and just not be replaced, or replaced with reassigned people from elsewhere in the company who aren't interested in doing much but showing up, watching TV, and collecting a paycheck. I left before entire departments were eliminated and their jobs taken over by the home office in England. I hear it's gotten worse since then.

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.

3.0

Sep 6, 2015

Too slow to change

Senior editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Talented people all around, relaxed dress and conduct codes, relatively nice office space with a beautiful view

Cons

Huge disconnect between management and basically everyone else. I routinely worked nights and weekends while managers walked out at 5pm on the dot beaming, "Have a nice weekend!" as they went. This would have been way less galling had they made better financial decisions. Remember Ball Hype? Of course not. So why did Future pay a million dollars for it? Just one example out of many options.

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