A Toxic Mess: Don’t Work Here - The iHeart Story
Pros
I've made close friends during my time there, back when the office environment allowed everyone to be more social. A great stepping stone to get some good pieces in your portfolio and then leave.
Cons
TOXIC FOR WOMEN: The entire 5 years I've been at iHeart, not a single female has been promoted within my team. I have also experienced sexism in this office. It's been so disheartening and surprising how often I've seen hardworking, passionate, ambitious women overlooked again and again while their lesser male counterparts are constantly promoted. Most of the people who quit are women. NO RAISES: Don't expect to advance at iHeart. People are hardly ever given a raise and if you do get a raise because of a promotion (also rare especially if you're a woman), you get nickels. I haven't received a raise the entire time I was there. I begged for a cost of living raise and was refused. I asked for anything, even 1 extra vacation day, just for any indication that they valued me as employee and they still refused. UNHEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT: The office environment is not supportive or trusting. We have been told that upper management doesn't like when enough of us aren't at our desks. So while the entire office may be out early for a holiday, our team has to stay put. It's frowned upon if you leave the office at 6pm. I also had so many sick days accumulated because I was never sick so when I had to use one, it somehow became an issue with management, NOT because of work, but because management has issues with power and control.