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?

"Some good people" ((in 31 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 23 reviews)); "Great coworkers but little else positive" ((in 22 reviews)); "Freedom, good commission pay, not very hard" ((in 7 reviews)); "Flexible PTO and decent work/life balance" ((in 5 reviews))

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

"low pay and no increase" ((in 42 reviews)); "Poor management in an industry that needs creative ideas in order to survive." ((in 40 reviews)); "Upper management is clueless, it's their bad decisions that's the root cause for many of the layoffs, and the loss of the local market" ((in 17 reviews)); "This manager was also fantastic." ((in 9 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).

Reviews by job title

461 reviews

1.0

May 13, 2016

Customer Service

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The hours are the pro's

Cons

They have no respect for their employee's, there isn't any raises, there isn't any team meetings ( which means your left in the dark about everything). If there are a lot of calls in que they will tell you not to take your break or lunch until it clears that's if it clears. This isn't a place where you can grow it is only a stepping stone job to something better. The turn over rate is horrible most people quit after training. They don't allow you to talk to each other at all so no team togetherness.

2.0

Oct 2, 2015

Paying for corporate mistakes

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Longtime newsroom employee who loved working with talented colleagues to cover the community. Opportunity to advance within the company. Digital and front-end system tools provided by corporate were decent.

Cons

Greater demands and shrinking staff. High-performing properties have to pay for the debt incurred by the stupid decision by Lee to purchase Pulitzer. Little recognition of the stress this places on the newsroom and how it hurts the product.

1.0

Aug 8, 2015

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary and benefits aren't terrible. Co-workers are a smart, fun, hard-working group. Computers and software are up to date. Gallows humor helps numb the pain.

Cons

Designers are micromanaged and treated like children. We were forced to record what we were working on at all times via a computer program called Harvest. A "points system" was also instituted recently. Every page a designer completed was worth 25 points. We had to earn a certain number of points everyday or we were scolded. It doesn't matter how the pages looked. Quality means nothing at Lee. Morale was low. Virtually everyone was looking for new jobs.

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