Hearst reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(304 total reviews)

Steven R. Swartz

74% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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3.0
Dec 23, 2013

In a word: "conservative."

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Ethical news practices. Good vacation policy for long-term employees (up to 5 weeks).

Cons

Lower pay compared to other media companies, management is overly conservative when it comes to covering stories that could put the company in jeopardy with advertisers or cause legal harm.

1.0
Oct 10, 2013

Media Consultant

Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are okay. Colleagues are nice. Some perks like free tickets to events that the company sponsors. Discount on magazines. Getting better about training, but you are on your own when it comes to leads.

Cons

Managment will tell you that you will make a lot of money in commissions. You won't. You are required to hunt for all new business. After initial sign-up of account you are forbidden to upgrade because there is separate team that does that. Cancellation rate of new business is 50 percent. It is nothing but one step forward two steps back. You are paid on monthly billing And won't make any commissions if you don't make monthly quota which is unrealistic. No territories people steping all over each other. Not worth it.

3.0
Sep 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good people. Great building and location. Flexible when it comes to working from home, provided that it is not abused.

Cons

Upper management seems to be more cut-throat and has become very disorganized. Always seems to be changing direction. Terrible communication to employees to a point where no one seems to know what is going on at times. Salaries are low when compared to competitors for the same position.

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