Does Lee Enterprises pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lee Enterprises employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lee Enterprises. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lee Enterprises?

36% of Lee Enterprises employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lee Enterprises 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lee Enterprises?

Account Executive (21) , Reporter (21) , Customer Service Representative (20) , Page Designer (18) , Designer (10) , Sales Representative (10) , Editor (9) , District Manager (8) , Manager (7) , Journalist/Reporter (6) , News Reporter (6) , Copy Editor (5) , Graphic Designer (5) , Sales Manager (5) , Circulation Manager (4)

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

"Great people to work with." ((in 29 reviews)); "Great coworkers but little else positive" ((in 21 reviews)); "Good benefits and matching 401k" ((in 20 reviews)); "Flexible schedule and variety of duties" ((in 8 reviews)); "Freedom, good commission pay, not very hard" ((in 8 reviews))

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

"low pay and no increase" ((in 43 reviews)); "Poor management in an industry that needs creative ideas in order to survive." ((in 37 reviews)); "Constant layoffs of good solid news people" ((in 17 reviews)); "This manager was also fantastic." ((in 11 reviews)); "upper management is always looking for ways to cut hours in our department even though we are already coming away with 20" ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lee Enterprises layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Lee Enterprises locations?

Davenport , Munster , Saint Louis , Omaha , Madison , Lincoln , Waterloo , Missoula , Richmond , La Crosse , Tulsa , Albany , Charlottesville , Billings , Longview , Carbondale , Decatur , Crown Point , Bloomington , Twin Falls , Provo , Moline , Buffalo , Racine , Flagstaff , Hamilton , Butte , Fremont , Blair , Casper

Lee Enterprises reviews

3.1

36% would recommend to a friend

(461 total reviews)

Mary E. Junck

67% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

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Lee Enterprises has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 461 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lee Enterprises 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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461 reviews

2.0

Apr 17, 2013

High turnover

Lee local sales

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I loved a lot of the people I worked with and when sales are good...things are amazing. The money, when I first started, was amazing.

Cons

Unfortunately, they would rather be a boiler room than a successful marketing company. They have a tendancy to come up with new product ideas and launch it with no research. Their billing department is a mess. Their turnover rate is unbelieveable. Money is the bottom line. It does not matter how long you have been there, they will fire you with no notice. The benefits are horrible as well. The commission structure was amazing, then they tried to make it more "new hire" friendly, then they basically paid out the same on every sale no matter how high. Tends to fire all of the employees that are loysl to them

1.0

Apr 16, 2013

Train wreck of a company

Outside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great benefits, team building, fun group of people to work with, great location, large company so chance for advancement, easy to get to

Cons

horrible training process, lots of employee turnover, wrong people in management, a lot of backstabbing going on, corporate levels that dont understand what other levels are doing

1.0

Apr 5, 2013

Lee Local

Inside sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun co-workers make the boiler room telemarketing digital room bearable.

Cons

Average employee lasts 3 months, Telemarketing small business and offering 3 packages that do the same thing for $99-$350 per month. FYI it doesn't cost anything to register for Google. Management only cares about sales on a telemarketing board. Complete boiler room with telemarketing cubes, sweat shop goals and no focus on the future. Management has no past management experience, they got hired on being a favorite. and young. No one over 30 in Lee's digital telemarketing team. most of the people that make the packages all were friends before they were hired. All under 25.

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