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      3.8

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (335 total reviews)
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      Associated Press has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 335 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Associated Press employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      335 reviews
      4.0
      Mar 31, 2015

      Great exposure, terrible money, no perks

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      Pros

      I was a stringer at a foreign bureau. We were paid by shift work. Great editing. Great exposure. Lots of fun working on a team with quality colleagues.

      Cons

      The pay was appalling (the equivalent of $115/day). No job security.

      3.0
      Jan 21, 2015

      Fascinating work, lousy pay

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      Pros

      The AP offers one of the last opportunities to work overseas as a foreign correspondent. You will work with a large network of talented colleagues stationed across the globe.

      Cons

      You can't spell cheAP without the AP. Salaries are not sufficient compared to other major American news organizations.

      2.0
      Jan 7, 2015

      Great People, But Still a Sinking Ship

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      Pros

      The AP's has a still-impressive group of amazing journalists who defy odds each day to break stories. If you like your job as a journalist at AP, then it's because the work can be very interesting. You get to meet an amazing range of people in the course of your work - state, national and world leaders, business professionals, activists, artists and freaks. That is, however, if you can manage to get one of the dwindling number of reporting jobs.

      Cons

      Sadly, the AP has struggled financially for about 10 years and the unfortunate result is that it has basically gutted many of its news bureaus, especially overseas. So it's not only hard to get a job there, once you are in a job, it is hard to advance or even transfer to another location. This is especially true in its overseas operations, which at one time were its flagship. The journalism business has long receded from its heyday of "your ticket around the world" but at this point AP employees are lucky to get a ticket home, let alone benefits like 401(k) or paying for children's education overseas.

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