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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviews

3.3

42% would recommend to a friend

(46 total reviews)

Betsy Brenner

58% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 46 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 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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46 reviews
2.0
Sep 10, 2012

Good experience, questionable leadership

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Pros

Experience in dealing with multiple management/operations issues. Great opportunity to assemble a management philosophy in a ever-changing environment. Good experience with managing budgets, human resource functions, and operations.

Cons

Leadership provides no support and does little to understand subordinates' jobs or responsibilities. Expectation of being on call 24/7. Mounting responsibilities with very little appreciation and/or monetary increases.

2.0
Sep 28, 2015

Great people, terrible management and culture

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Pros

Employees/co-workers are, for the most part, dedicated and team-oriented to their own internal teams. Most middle managers and directors are working managers.

Cons

Teams/departments were very silo'd. Many, many good people have left, especially over the last year. In particular, the culture is challenged. Employees are overworked, under-paid, and under-appreciated by management. It's an incredibly top-down management style, with a lot of "mandates" coming from above and no consideration to how it will effect hourly or middle management workers. This includes drastic cuts to team sizes with no plan in place to handle the workload. An employee survey was done in summer 2013 with horrible results (everywhere except newsroom). Results weren't released to employees until spring 2014, with zero follow-up done in the year following. Great example of how to completely demoralize your employees.

1.0
Feb 25, 2015

Waste of time.

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Pros

There are no challenges and no room for advancement. The work load is redundant.

Cons

You are treated like a robot, just another body that can be replaced at anytime.

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Glassdoor has 51 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviews submitted anonymously by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is right for you.