Newsweek reviews

1.7

11% would recommend to a friend

(92 total reviews)
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7% positive business outlook

Newsweek has an employee rating of 1.7 out of 5 stars, based on 92 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a poor working experience there. The Newsweek employee rating is 54% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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92 reviews
1.0
Jun 13, 2022
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Pros

Remote working, good equipment provided

Cons

Management changes all the time! My job title changed the first day I started and my role was unrecognisable from what I had applied for. The structure makes no sense, the business model makes no sense, the targets make no sense. Constantly hiring because everyone is constantly leaving. Avoid at all costs.

1.0
Sep 14, 2025
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Pros

Decent pay, and you get to work from home

Cons

No morals - will do anything for clicks and just piggy-back on trends rather than trying to set the agenda. Most of the content is rage-bait and you'll get shot down if you try and pitch anything else, only to see other, more respectable publications covering the same topics you pitched at a later date. The quality of interviews you can land is mixed, because they don't pay for human interest stories and lots of celebrities and public figures won't touch Newsweek with a barge pole. If you try and leave, other publications will judge you on the content you produced while at Newsweek and you'll be stuck working for tabloids. Same goes for relationships with publicists and managers. They cut corners to save money whenever possible (see the move to AI). Expectations and editorial rules constantly change, sometimes without staff being adequately informed and without an increase in pay for the extra work. Editors don't defend staff when necessary, and everyone is out for themselves. Unless you're desperate, it's not worth it.

2.0
Jan 17, 2023

Far too click-focussed

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Pros

- Some editors open to on-the-ground reporting - Fairly big name to have on a CV

Cons

- Too much focus on clicks, views, and profit rather than the quality of content - Low pay considering how much pressure is on journalists - Senior management often changed rules and quota expectations - My editor often criticised and rarely praised

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