Is Hearst a good company to work for?

Hearst has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,769 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 65% of employees would recommend working at Hearst to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Hearst have been left by employees working as Director , Intern and Editorial Intern .

Does Hearst pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Hearst employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Hearst. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Hearst?

65% of Hearst employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Hearst 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Hearst?

Account Executive (57) , Editor (41) , Intern (30) , Sales Assistant (23) , Editorial Intern (21) , Sales (16) , Video Editor (16) , Account Manager (15) , Director (15) , Executive Assistant (13) , Manager (13) , Producer (13) , Editorial Assistant (12) , Production Assistant (12) , Project Manager (12)

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

"I only gave it a 2 because I did work with some truly great people." ((in 155 reviews)); "They have great benefits and continue to add new ones." ((in 123 reviews)); "Hearst Tower is a great building to work in (when everyone wasn't working from home)" ((in 71 reviews)); "Great support, culture and resources to spread your wings." ((in 42 reviews)); "They really value their employees and make sure you have a great work/life balance." ((in 39 reviews))

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

"Political and low paying; bleak outlook for industry" ((in 105 reviews)); "The Management is poor and don’t feel like managers" ((in 87 reviews)); "salaries are low and impossible to raise" ((in 47 reviews)); "long hours and no back up advail" ((in 33 reviews)); "I had to sit on multiple meetings where upper management screamed and belittled people in front of groups" ((in 27 reviews))

What are employees saying about Hearst layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Hearst locations?

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Hearst reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,452 total reviews)

Steven R. Swartz

74% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

Hearst has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,452 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hearst 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

1K reviews

2.0

Jul 3, 2015

low salaries, too corporate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hearst has nice offices and a nice company cafeteria.

Cons

Hearst pays low editorial salaries compared with other similar companies. Too much corporate red tape; often, they value mind-numbing, overly time-consuming processes rather than allowing individual managers to create efficient procedures tailored to their staff.

Hearst Response

11y

We have made a significant effort recently to improve and modernize our processes in order to appeal to all groups in a cross functional pattern. One example is our brand new internal learning and development tool which hosts these procedures and uses data to customize needs based on employee/group.

2.0

Jun 19, 2015

Top Down in your face Management

Media sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Worked in Yellow Pages division. Good money.

Cons

The management style is heavy handed, micromanagement. Meetings twice per day. Social media products do NOT work but they forced you to sell them anyway.

3.0

Jun 4, 2015

Marketing

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall Hearst offers a great physical working environment--nice building, great cafeteria, gym, etc. The culture encourages the sharing of ideas, creative thinking and accessibility.

Cons

There can be too many layers and hurdles to get things done. Working with the Hearst Digital team can be challenging as there still does not seem to be a clear process after years of changes.

Hearst Response

11y

Scaleability is essential here and we keep our teams agile and small in order to promote collaboration. We offer everyone in HDM the opportunity to be strategic and grow.

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