Is The Washington Post a good company to work for?

The Washington Post has an overall rating of 3.0 out of 5, based on over 713 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 34% of employees would recommend working at The Washington Post to a friend and 10% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Washington Post have been left by employees working as Director , Editor and Manager .

Does The Washington Post pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Washington Post employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Washington Post. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Washington Post?

34% of The Washington Post employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Washington Post 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Washington Post?

Senior Software Engineer (31) , Software Engineer (28) , Editor (16) , Reporter (14) , Manager (11) , Director (10) , Account Manager (9) , Analyst (8) , Intern (8) , Product Manager (8) , Account Executive (7) , Sales (7) , Senior Product Designer (7) , Assignment Editor (6) , Journalist (6)

What are the pros of working at The Washington Post according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and multiple shifts based on your availability to include part time oncall." ((in 32 reviews)); "Great coworkers and colleagues." ((in 25 reviews)); "Great Work/Life Balance" ((in 24 reviews)); "Great opportunities to advance your career if you want it." ((in 12 reviews)); "Overall a great work environment and always felt supported." ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Washington Post according to real employee reviews?

"Constantly changing leadership leads to no stability and constant reorganization." ((in 23 reviews)); "Rules to employees and line managers do not apply above those positions." ((in 20 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 19 reviews)); "Pay is low for workload" ((in 15 reviews)); "Upper management is cleaning house, mostly female managers disappearing." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Washington Post layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Washington Post layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Washington Post in 2026.

What are the top reviewed The Washington Post locations?

Washington , New York , Springfield , Arlington , Chicago , Alexandria , San Francisco , Rockville , Burke , Leesburg , Woodbridge , Holland , Lincoln , Dallas , San Antonio , San Diego , San Jose , Denver , Seattle , West Springfield , Ohio , Seat Pleasant , France

The Washington Post reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(643 total reviews)

Jeff D’Onofrio

Not enough data to show CEO approval

10% positive business outlook

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The Washington Post has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 643 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The The Washington Post employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

643 reviews

3.0

Sep 8, 2008

The Washington Post is a good newspaper but, the industry is in rapid decline.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Reputation. The Post has a good reputation as a leading newspaper, the people are friendly, and it can be interesting at times.

Cons

They are downsizing rapidly and layoffs will eventually happen. Management seems to have no plan on how to transition to a new web based format and seems to be very slow to react to the changes in the market place.

The Washington Post Response

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Thank you for your review and feedback. As we enter the digital age, we continue to innovate and evolve as a company. We have seen growth on the .com side of the company. In fact, our web traffic has doubles over the last three years (Read more here: http://bit.ly/2fy8O0L). Thank you again for your feedback. We have a commitment toward growth and making The Washington Post a great place to work for all. We’d love to hear more specifics. Feel free to e-mail us: life@washpost.com.

2.0

May 7, 2026

Started good, quickly turned toxic. Run away!

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Coworkers are talented and absolutely wonderful and caring - Mission of supporting journalism ("Democracy dies in darkness") - Innovation is allowed and supported - If you get a good manager, they'll defend you as best as they can and ensure you have a decent work-life balance, considering the on-call rotations (sometimes they're calm; sometimes it's like the world's been set on fire at 1AM) - Some snacks/fruit (just for tech department), though very limited - Inclusion network groups hold fun events - Career growth is supported if you push for it yourself* (see cons for more)

Cons

- Upper management makes poor decisions with no clear direction. It's all politics and poor (or basically no) leadership - Heavy focus on AI products even though there's been plenty of feedback from users that they DON'T LIKE THEM - In-office 5 days/wk with little flexibility. They've eased up on the monitoring, but were treating employees like school children with attendance early on. - Benefits have slowly been getting worse, with premiums going up and the 5 day RTO effectively acting as a pay cut - CTO is extremely toxic (known for improper, unprofessional behavior) - Company-wide attempts to "self-correct" have often gone very poorly - Compensation is kind of low for the DC and NY areas - *Career growth has changed over the years. Requirements have changed and it's now like a constantly moving goalpost - Annual appraisals have also gotten a lot stricter, making chances for a decent raise slim

2.0

Jan 26, 2026

If you have other options, don't work here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

you will have some great coworkers

Cons

senior leadership has no idea how to run the company, its a dumpster fire

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