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      NPR reviews

      3.9

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (284 total reviews)

      Katherine Maher

      Not enough data to show CEO approval

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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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      Reviews by job title

      284 reviews
      5.0
      May 3, 2014

      Great experience

      Office assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      In many ways, NPR is most professional media outlet in America, with the best coverage of news, events, ideas and arts and cultural content, and the work environment reflects it. Employees are passionate about their work and enthusiastic about coming to work each day, striking an appropriate work-life balance. There are opportunities for career growth--developing skills and experience--for those who are eager to learn and willing to work hard. As with any work: it is what you make of it.

      Cons

      As with all organizations, bureaucracy can stall things from getting accomplished. If you don't work in content creation (i.e. don't have union advocacy) compensation is less; but there are great benefits.

      5.0
      Apr 23, 2014

      Great.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice people great environment. And there are always Tiny Desk Concerts. It is honestly a good place to work.

      Cons

      It is very stressful. It is an extremely fast paced environment and if you cannot keep up you should quit.

      3.0
      Mar 5, 2014

      Great co-workers; disappointing upper management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Filled with kind, creative, intelligent people to work with. Fantastic culture. Most people are fairly supportive. Work-life balance depends on where you're land in the organization - some shows and divisions have a healthy appreciation for work/life. Same goes for career growth and compensation. For the most part, people have a positive reaction when they learn you work at NPR.

      Cons

      Given they pay significantly less than other similar industry jobs, executives are either under-qualified or don't have many other opportunities available (obviously there are some exceptions but many of those people have been marginalized, retired or shoved out the door). Definitely impacted by financial and auto industries bottoming out but plenty of poor decision making inside the organization will leave NPR and the public radio system hurting for years (so many talented people across the board lost in several rounds of RIFs). Terrible communication between divisions (maybe this has improved by getting everyone under one roof at HQ but at one point they had three different buildings with various levels of restricted access to navigate within two blocks of each other). When outside people find out you work at NPR, they might hold you personally responsible for Bob Edwards firing.

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