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

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.

1.0

Nov 28, 2022

Don't bother

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can work remote, that is a plus.

Cons

Will work you to death and you will always be in fear of losing your job with subpar pay and benefits.

1.0

Aug 24, 2022

Travesty

Copy editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The HR and payroll seemed to work adequately.

Cons

The company is squeezing content staffing to the barest of bare minimums, and that's bad for journalism, democracy and the people working the jobs. Money grubbing at the top end far outweighs the mission of journalism that motivates people in the trade. This is corporate exploitation of a breed of workers who are dedicated to serving the common good. No small irony that they are working for the most callous and crass of profit-driven drones.

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Don't bother

Travesty

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