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
3.0
Jan 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers for the most part are great. Like in most companies, there are those who love to gossip.

Cons

Good ideas are put forth by front line workers. Management ignores them. The industry is going through tremendously difficult times right now and as such I know our leaders are under a lot of pressure. Fair enough, but acknowledging your top performers on occasion and not lumping everyone in the same pile could do wonders for morale. Funny thing is the company is in the communication business and yet when it comes to informing employees about changes that will affect them, the employees usually find out from the gossip mill first. It would be nice if more respect was shown.

4.0
Dec 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hearst has an excellent benefit package and good, solid guidelines to protect employees from harassment, ect., in the work place. Hearst also has a good reputation as a news leader.

Cons

Salaries are not fair for all employees, they are chosen on a person-to-person basis and are extremely low in comparison to other newspapers in the area I work. A journalist at a local weekly tabloid makes more than I do as a lower level editor at the largest daily paper in the area.

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