Hearst reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,450 total reviews)

Steven R. Swartz

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Hearst has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,450 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hearst 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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1K reviews
4.0
May 13, 2013

Excellent Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits provided by the Hearst Corp. are great. The health care options are good. Vacation, sick days, and personal days are great too.

Cons

Sometimes new employees are not vetted very well, and end up not being as good as thier resume says. This results in the good employees having to pick up the slack.

1.0
May 8, 2013

Not the place to have a career or a job

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

- Great office building and facilities - Decent employee benefits

Cons

1- Declining print magazine division 2- Century old school style corporate governance 3- Layers and layers of incompetent management, especially the digital media group 4- Lack of core leadership from top executives to group managers 5- The mobile and digital development team is a total joke 6- No company culture 7- More politics than the U.S. Congress 8- Finger pointing is the solution for managers in order to divert their own failures 9- Working environment feel more like a wall street bank than a media company 10- No career advancement. Promotion to those in an exclusive club (See #7, #8)

3.0
May 3, 2013

Creative Director

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You work with the best people in the industry and in one of the most beautiful buildings in the city.

Cons

It's a challenge to move at fast pace on projects due to too many stakeholders on any given project.

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