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
2.0
Jul 8, 2021

Good people, bad management and no vision

Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant supportive colleagues who become friends Office is nice CEO is great but huge discrepancy between his vision and how middle management run the day to day. Like working for two different companies

Cons

Salaries amongst the lowest in the business No career progression Terrible communication from middle management and HR Talent retention is low Constantly doing everything on the cheap

5.0
Jul 6, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Leadership team (London) are amazing, transparent and genuinely seem to care about every employee Great culture Sociable Genuinely lovely people Great office Great promotion opportunities (in teams/areas that are doing well)

Cons

Can't really think of any apart from quite low salaries for junior employees.

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