Horrible Management, Abhorrent Office Politics - Anonymous employee NPR Employee Review

2.0
Jan 29, 2024
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Pros

Networking across is fun and easy, young staff are often looking out for each other, looks good on your resume

Cons

Upper management & directorate determined to undermine staff and middle managers, culture of micromanaging, little to no upward mobility, extremely passive aggressive office culture, the DEI office is for aesthetic not actually helpful (despite their best efforts, not really their fault) and their office/team is often undermined by HR, if you work in the journalism department find a backup job because the second the economy takes a turn you’re the first to go.

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5.0
Mar 3, 2026
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Pros

I was fully remote, learned so much from a great group of peers, the union is strong and active, pay was fair

Cons

The federal funding saga put a damper on morale, but that was pretty outside of the scope of what my team/manager could control.

4.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

tiny desks happen at work

Cons

soulless and corporate, management is all-powerful, benefits are slowly disappearing, few career prospects unless you fit a certain "profile"

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