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 32 reviews)); "Good benefits and matching 401k" ((in 29 reviews)); "Great coworkers but little else positive" ((in 21 reviews)); "Flexible PTO and decent work/life balance" ((in 6 reviews)); "Freedom, good commission pay, not very hard" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"Poor management in an industry that needs creative ideas in order to survive." ((in 41 reviews)); "Low pay and no raises." ((in 39 reviews)); "Constant layoffs of good solid news people" ((in 17 reviews)); "This manager was also fantastic." ((in 12 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

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Lee Enterprises

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

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Diversity & inclusion

2.8

Senior management

2.7

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

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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Reviews by job title

461 reviews

1.0

Mar 6, 2023

Avoid if you can

Tech worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not much, I worked at Blox Digital (townnews), they recently renamed themselves due to a bad reputation. Most skilled people left prior to that.

Cons

Low pay, unreasonable expectations, clueless management, hostile environment, no advancement, CEO that is just there at best. If you take a job here you'll be looking again after a few months. They bought a company without even doing due diligence, and found out all the customers they claimed to have were fake. I could go on all day, but since this branch is so important to Lee and it's leadership is so bad, I wouldn't even by stock in the entire corporation.

3.0

Feb 22, 2023

Solid Place to Begin a career

Staff accountant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Location. Opportunities to move Up

Cons

Excessive turnover. Have to pay for Parking. Not a lot of feedback on how you are doing.

4.0

Feb 20, 2023

Working for Lee

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work home life balance is good

Cons

Turnover is quite high recently

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