Great company, bad magazine - Anonymous employee Hearst Employee Review

3.0
Oct 4, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hearst leads the industry in its focus on digital innovation. The company provides solid benefits, and it's a joy to walk into that beautiful building every morning. Plus the caf can't be beat.

Cons

I worked at a brand that was rife with organizational and managerial problems. Dysfunctional relationships at the top of the masthead infected the entire staff. HR was notified on at least two occasions, and by different individuals, about the wildly inappropriate behavior of one staffer in particular, but did not intervene. Late, messy closes were the rule, not the exception. There was no performance review process. Talented editors were offered little feedback and no path to promotion. The magazine hemorrhaged staff.

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