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      3.9

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (284 total reviews)

      Katherine Maher

      Not enough data to show CEO approval

      53% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      NPR has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 284 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NPR 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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      284 reviews
      3.0
      May 2, 2023

      Leadership misuses talented staff

      Principal product designer
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      Pros

      The people at NPR are truly wonderful, bright, talented, dedicated — I could go on. I've never felt more supported by my coworkers. Working in support of NPR's mission makes the work gratifying, but there are diminishing returns there.

      Cons

      Leadership simply does not understand what their staff does. When we tell them what we do (and what we need to succeed), they respond with pleasantries but ultimately tune us out. Executives have a tendency of making grand promises to the board to get budget approval without consulting the teams who are responsible for product success. As a result, tech teams that used to have autonomy are now are largely viewed as implementation teams that produce features at the whim of executives, who largely ignore qualitative and quantitative research. I used to love it here, but sticking around has ultimately hurt my portfolio as I'm not given the agency to exercise my expertise.

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