Hearst reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,450 total reviews)

Steven R. Swartz

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Hearst has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,450 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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1K reviews
1.0
Mar 4, 2015

Almost Anywhere Is Better Than Here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very few pros, a lot of cons to be honest.

Cons

Out of touch, awful management. Expensive benefits. No work/life balance. No opportunities to learn/promote. No one has received a raise in many years, no bonus, no COLA. Non-sales people paid at well below market rate. Morale is terrible, everyone is miserable and management turns a blind eye. A culture of favoritism, management drinks with subordinates and has put themselves in a very compromised position. Management rules by bullying and guilting employees into silence. Terrible ethics, greed rules all.

1.0
Aug 24, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome coworkers, and a product that is solid.

Cons

So many. Management doesn't trust their employees. They trust you to sell the paper/digital, but beyond that if you aren't in management then your ideas are stupid and worthless. Micromanagement beyond belief and business decisions that will make your eyes pop, such as giving away really valuable advertising packages away to clients without using those to leverage larger relationships. Their view of digital is very 1999...don't seem to be aware of how to properly monetize the digital end of the business. Way too management heavy, which means that in order to ensure job security, management is constantly asking you to write some garbage report so that they can look busy.

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