You'll end up ruining your reputation if you work here - Journalist/Reporter Newsweek Employee Review

1.0
Sep 14, 2025
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Pros

Decent pay, and you get to work from home

Cons

No morals - will do anything for clicks and just piggy-back on trends rather than trying to set the agenda. Most of the content is rage-bait and you'll get shot down if you try and pitch anything else, only to see other, more respectable publications covering the same topics you pitched at a later date. The quality of interviews you can land is mixed, because they don't pay for human interest stories and lots of celebrities and public figures won't touch Newsweek with a barge pole. If you try and leave, other publications will judge you on the content you produced while at Newsweek and you'll be stuck working for tabloids. Same goes for relationships with publicists and managers. They cut corners to save money whenever possible (see the move to AI). Expectations and editorial rules constantly change, sometimes without staff being adequately informed and without an increase in pay for the extra work. Editors don't defend staff when necessary, and everyone is out for themselves. Unless you're desperate, it's not worth it.

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5.0
Mar 29, 2025
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Cons

I sometimes worked long hours.

1.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Very cool office space if you work in NYC.

Cons

Run, don't walk. Pay is bad compared to other newsrooms with the same exposure. The organization is crazy messy. Restructuring people and changing job titles laterally without consulting the affected employees. Leadership will leave your message on read. Laying people off randomly, regardless of their talent and contribution to the team, purely because of a spontaneous, busy decision (you will see them hiring for the same position again in like a month). No space for advancement -- you are stuck with the same job title if your immediate supervisor doesn't move up/leave. To sum up, you deserve better if you are concerned and reading this.

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