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)); "Good benefits and matching 401k" ((in 25 reviews)); "Great coworkers but little else positive" ((in 20 reviews)); "Flexible PTO and decent work/life balance" ((in 6 reviews)); "Fairly stable work environment." ((in 6 reviews))

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

"low pay and no increase" ((in 37 reviews)); "Constant layoffs of good solid news people" ((in 19 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)); "Leadership has no backbone." ((in 6 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

(462 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 462 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

462 reviews

2.0

Jan 6, 2023

Part-Time Job, Full-Time Work Load

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting Co-Workers to learn from.

Cons

Shadowed by the supervisors from the newly outsourced call center on how to do your job 3 months before being laid off. Part-time role/hours make you ineligible for unemployement assistance both financial and job search if you cross state lines. And, hard to do much else during high call volume periods.

4.0

Jan 4, 2023

Good place to work if you have a good editor

Reporter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They take chances on people with less experience and if you work hard you can really learn a lot from working there.

Cons

It becomes very corporate once you look into things, if you can ignore that then you'll be fine. Unfortunately, with the way newspapers are trending I don't know how much longer the field will last.

4.0

Dec 29, 2022

Learning a lot

Reporter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive team, opportunity to learn on the job and pursue stories of interest, decent PTO

Cons

Low pay, understaffed, little training, very minimal newsroom diversity

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