Axios reviews

3.3

43% would recommend to a friend

(237 total reviews)
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Jim VandeHei

53% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Axios has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 237 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Axios 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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237 reviews
3.0
Feb 20, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Kind and hard-working coworkers 100% remote work Decent pay (sadly the bar is very low for the news industry) Good work/life balance (but again, the bar is so low for the industry that any balance looks good)

Cons

Culture feels like it's deteriorating but nobody wants to admit or acknowledge it Top-heavy with too many middle managers Conflicting expectations/priorities from leadership Lack of direction/focus No clear path for upward mobility/career growth Not enough reporters to sustain newsletters — feels like you're drowning most days, especially if your co-writer is sick or on vacation

3.0
Sep 13, 2024

Going downhill rapidly

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You will meet some of the most hard working and exceptional people at this company. The benefits package is robust now that there’s a 401k match component.

Cons

Where to even begin… -near constant reorganizations and changes -shifting priorities are the norm, which makes doing anything substantial nearly impossible -inherited P******o staff who create toxic and unproductive environments -no clear long term vision or strategy, especially prone to pivoting or derailing prior commitments or initiatives -lots of layoffs despite publicly acknowledging only one -every functional department outside of sales or editorial is critically understaffed -with the revolving door of quasi-layoffs, firing and voluntary exits, remaining employees workloads will balloon with no commensurate change to salary or title -cutthroat and panicked corporate culture seem to have replaced the Axios of old following the acquisition and subsequent slump of growth in key business areas -peripheral awareness that the business isn’t growing as execs were hoping, but no consequences for the leadership driving those decisions…consequences only roll downhill to the boots on the ground folks already experiencing the yo-yo of C-suite strategy

3.0
Nov 19, 2018

Not sure where things are going

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most everyone here is talented, hard working, and kind. Work/life balance is fair for a start up

Cons

It feels like the company is shifting from its original mission and stated goals about journalism and focusing more on advertising and profits

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