iHeartMedia reviews

2.9

32% would recommend to a friend

(2,837 total reviews)
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Robert W. (Bob) Pittman

38% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

iHeartMedia has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,837 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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1.0
Jul 17, 2019

Nightmare Job

Recommend
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Pros

free concerts held in the office, 2-3 hour lunches, company name looks good on a resume

Cons

Honestly I don't even know where to begin. From day one the hiring process was disorganized and confusing. My first day when I showed up, my manager was an hour late and no one on the team even knew I was starting that day. My computer and phone were not set up so I had to spend the entire day on the phone with the help desk. There was no training program or introductory meeting. One AE that I was supposed to be directly working with every day didn't even acknowledge that I started. As my time progressed there, I became confused as to what I was supposed to be doing. There was no direction, except from a fellow assistant who only had been working there for a few months. I spent the first month of the job sitting at my desk staring at the wall. When I asked for work to do, it wasn't given to me. When I asked to be a part of the ALL TEAM meetings, I was told by one of the upper people on the team that the reason that they wouldn't allow me to be apart of the meeting was because my manager used that as "Hazing" the assistants. Upon being hired, my manager told me that this team prides itself on having a good team culture. That was just not the case. Assistants are actively left out of team events. They made literally no effort to get to know me when i first started. My AE who I directly assisted wouldn't even say hi to me in the halls. When I asked questions they would get outwardly angry and whisper about it to the people around (it's an open office so everyone can hear everything that's said). They would leave hours early and not let me know, then harass me over email. I would ask to meet with them to improve communication and they just ignored and cancelled the meetings. Management couldn't care less about the AE's behavior, or about how assistants are treated in general. On top of all of this, the pay is horrible, barely livable especially in NYC. They try to make up for it with perks like free concerts in the office, but don't be fooled. This company just barely came out of bankruptcy and is hanging by a thread, so they can't afford to pay anyone a decent salary. A manager on my team once told me that "iHeart is going down in the next 5 years", so don't even waste your time. Trust me, it's not worth it.

1.0
Jan 8, 2018
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Pros

Easy to get hired, perfect temp job (they see you that way too).

Cons

Sweatshop conditions continue to exist behind the shiny, flashy lobby doors of iHeartClearChannel. Employees are expected to go above and beyond for managers who don't care about them, a company that blatantly undervalues them and for stagnant, dismal wages. The benefits are awful, if you get the chance to even use them without being reprimanded. Even the perks that used to come with working in media (free tickets to concerts and events, etc.) no longer exist. Highly talented and educated workers are treated like 5 year olds, quantity over quality is expected and rewarded, managers are disengaged yes-men who don't hide their lack of caring and are mostly underqualified. Nearly everyone working there is visibly miserable. The boys' club mentality that is alive and well doesn't help morale either. The resulting high turnover rate is openly attributed to all the reasons mentioned. So is the fact that if it weren't for recent grads star struck by the iHeart name, they'd never have enough workers. Everyone else is only there until they find something better. Again, openly talked about.

2.0
Dec 8, 2017

Great people/culture, terrible career outlook

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Good work/life balance most of the time - Access to cool musical performances from huge artists in office and at the Theater Hackathon - Amazing people, they were the one reason I stayed as long as I did - Great culture, such fun people and a fun office environment

Cons

- Ineffective Managers - No raises, no bonuses (even though we were promised a bonus when hired) - No room for growth if you are a woman. I watched every single man (not exaggerating) on my team get a promotion, but not a single woman did, even if they had more experience and skill. - Women were handed house-keeping type tasks where men on the team were given the exciting, challenging skill-based tasks to work on. - When you bring up concerns to management they are swept under the rug

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