iHeartMedia reviews

2.9

33% would recommend to a friend

(2,838 total reviews)
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Robert W. (Bob) Pittman

39% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

iHeartMedia has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,838 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The iHeartMedia employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Aug 3, 2021
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Pros

The people are the greatest part of the company but it really depends what team you're on. The digital team is managed by great people but they have some serious blind spots they refuse to acknowledge. Some teams are willing to help each other out and are generally made of bright, fun, young, and helpful people. Resources are available to feel comfortable with products. In person training was well done and informative.

Cons

The environment at iHeart is not healthy or sustainable for a career. The sales team (AE's) treat their digital support team like they are subhuman and expect professionalism in return. The workload is overwhelming, and while teams do their best to help each other out it's not feasible. Workload paired with blatant disrespect is draining and demoralizing. Management team is extremely poorly run. Managers cannot/will not have conversations about raises or advancement. The initial DSE team was promised raises and reviews - and received a doubled workload and no conversations about advancement. There has been no acknowledgment of salary, after requests for them stemming from a pay cut, and now hiring 20+ new members. The help from hiring additions is needed but transparency is essential. Employees deserve to be paid what they are worth, especially after taking the brunt of the workload through the pandemic. The Nashville office is filthy. Before the pandemic there was no regularly scheduled cleaning. A woman in sales would volunteer to clean bathrooms quarterly and this was in no way a part of her job. This was beyond kind of her but still not sanitary. There were multiple occasions of ACTUAL FECES on the floor of the bathroom- and it was never addressed by management. Bottom line: iHeart does not invest in their employees - its churn and burn. The have ZERO investment in your growth. You will work in the music industry in name but there is no interacting with the perks of working at iHeart. Glad I was able to leave this company for an opportunity that pays fairly, is transparent, and invests in my personal and professional growth.

1.0
Oct 19, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Telling people you work for iHeart. Fiscally responsible decisions during COVID (i.e. furloughs, layoffs, suspending 401k match, forced unpaid vacation, executive pay cuts). While unpleasant, they did all they could in evolving sequence, to weather the hit to revenue, and used layoffs as a last resort. It was a good effort.

Cons

The executive team. The company's irresponsible internal (employee focused) response to racism in our society. The amount of $$ that our executives make - and their perks - relative to employee population. While glad these people have jobs, our CEO and other senior leaders probably don't need 2-3 personal assistants each. No progressive thinking on benefits/total rewards. Hired a chief people officer to lead HR and talent initiatives out of the stone age only to fire her a year later for challenging the status quo (replaced her with an internal sales/marketing leader - a favorite of the CEO - with no HR experience; also named her the chief diversity officer, but no diversity experience. She's lovely, but imagine there might be a more qualified diverse human out there for this role at such a prominent company). Still no paid maternity leave.

1.0
Sep 9, 2020

You Deserve Better

Recommend
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Pros

It allows you the opportunity to travel for iHearts tentpoles.

Cons

The environment among the production department at iHeart was treacherous. They had a very mean girl culture about them. The team is mostly made up of women and white women at that, so as a person of color, there is no welcome committee for you. The leadership in that department is condensending and discouraging. There is a specific protocol for how they work and unless you're in the "circle" you're left to figure out the rules and procedures for everything on your own. There are a lot of media/entertainment companies for you to work at, iHeart is not one of them.

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