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3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(276 total reviews)

Guy Gimore

82% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

MediaNews Group has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 276 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MediaNews Group 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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276 reviews
2.0
Jun 14, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Some flexibility in schedule. Decent benefits. Above average digital products.

Cons

Where do I begin? This was the worst experience of my career. The company has no infrastructure. Management is reactive, not proactive. Decision makers are completely out of touch with the majority of the markets they serve. Most of the upper-level managers are in their position because they know someone or were good at some other lower level position they previously held. Internal communication is virtually non-existent. Training is hit and miss. There's no real plan to anything they institute. Most operational decisions are made willy-nilly. The philosophy seems to be "let's try this and see if it works", as opposed to any real strategic planning. Then when those willy nilly plans fail, the blame is placed on the workers who had no input in the "planning" and no explanation or training regarding what was expected..

1.0
May 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The only good thing about working at DFM is the fact that the horribly understaffed newsrooms make a great learning experience for freshly graduated journalists since each staffer has to work every single role.

Cons

Where to start? No raises in my newsroom since 2007. Several college-educated employees making $1 to $2 an hour more than minimum wage. Horrible employee morale. Equipment was constantly breaking, and since DFM had laid off the office IT staff, reporters had to start using their own personal equipment for work purposes. Every single person was overworked and underpaid. The gender pay gap was present. Company has no idea what it is doing and constantly introduces new sure-to-fail initiatives and mandatory "busy work" - such as performance tracking spreadsheets - that nobody has time for. Employees often left out of the loop and forced to rely on gossip blogs for company information, since higher-ups never bothered to let lower-level employees know about company ongoings.

4.0
May 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Freedom to execute goals on your own terms. Management is not overbearing. You'll have the freedom to get the job done as you see fit

Cons

Not a lot of structure or direction. Overall though we know our job we just need to get it done. Also when conflicts arise we don't have much power to change operating procedures.

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