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      Associated Press reviews

      3.8

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (335 total reviews)
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      Daisy Veerasingham

      64% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

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      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      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
      1.0
      Jul 28, 2010

      none

      Reporter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      AP is well known among other companies and the corporate world. It's also good for the resume and a widely known company.

      Cons

      There's little room for growth, a lot of office politics and managers play favorites. Not much communication and more people holding meetings rather then doing the work.

      4.0
      May 24, 2010

      Strong Products and Employee base, with some organizational stagnation

      Strategic consulting (intern)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Positive environment, entrepreneurial feel at least within the New Media department, very interesting multi-faceted work due to industry shifts (print to online, etc), high value of product/services offered, good communication between departments

      Cons

      upper management hesitant, conservative on implementing new changes, so a lot of new ideas/strategies ultimately end up in dust bin. unique purpose/organizational and ownership structure may be a factor to this.

      4.0
      Mar 25, 2009

      A Reasonably Calm Spot in a Typhoon (For Now)

      News person
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's typically been a stable operation offering interesting work and a better-than-average paycheck for journalism. When things are going poorly elsewhere, the AP is traditionally doing OK (and vice versa; when things are going well elsewhere, life isn't so great at the AP). The company has done a good job of moving to a digital world and isn't in as bad a shape as many newspapers, but it still faces some real problems in the long run. There are a lot of great plans, but they're seldom followed through. And depending on the supervisor, the quality of life arrangements can be quite excellent.

      Cons

      Unambitious, cookie-cutter, vanilla journalism at its worst. Like a lot of upper management, buzzwords and changing plans of the month are endemic. Change is good, but not when it's just change because we don't know what else to do.

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