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Associated Press reviews

3.8

61% would recommend to a friend

(335 total reviews)
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56% positive business outlook

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
Aug 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great brand, employees take great pride in their work, most people are friendly and content, fair and balanced reporting culture, great office (NY) with spectacular views, an open-air basketball court on the 16th floor, gym inside office, easy commute to Penn station from almost anywhere, best work environment to keep yourself abreast of breaking news from around the world, fantastic journalists and dedicated cameramen who share experiences, corporate bigwigs share their vision, plans and goals in an honest, open manner and regular townhall-style meetings help them announce new ventures and changes and take questions from employees, good salary compared to the market, ability and ease of moving to other teams within the company.

Cons

Not a very diverse workplace especially the top management, the HR division is very non-responsive and doesn't deal promptly and efficiently with management issues, HR violations etc. Bad management doesn't get checked or moved out, very non-confrontational HR policies which leads to many disgruntled employees. Things take forever to get processed or approved as too much paperwork/bureaucracy involved.

1.0
May 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

there are none im afraid

Cons

The work staff bully people, I have seen people being shouted out for no reason and others just sit there while younger members of the team are abused and constantly made to feel like nothing. They degrade assistants and laugh at them when they don't speak loud enough or when they say something they do not agree with. The atmosphere is toxic. One lady had a 20 min rant about how another person wasn't doing what she wanted them to do. A difference of opinion in the work place is not uncommon, but to sit and slate an employee for 20 mins is terrible.

2.0
Jun 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company to have on your CV & good if you like be worked hard & pushed to your limits just for the experience. That is it!

Cons

Really work you like a slave, hardly any progression, management is all a bit scrambled, most senior managers are all stuck up! Treat employees like crap, a lot of people have been their for decades. Hardly anyone talks to each other, Finance is full of miserable sobs! All the decent people escape in good time. You have the place full of secret spy's, people who are clerical & who have been in those jobs for ages think they run the place, do as I say & not as I do mentality! Stingy budgets for a company who is meant to be a big player, use technology so old that you would almost think it is from a dinosaur age! Not much more to say, but you get the point, crap place to work. Full of rude people.

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