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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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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).

      Reviews by job title

      284 reviews
      4.0
      Sep 20, 2013

      Great Work, Not-So-Great Bosses

      Journalist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Telling great and interesting stories while working alongside a caring and smart group of colleagues is the best thing about it. No worries about losing your soul to corporate bloodsuckers. Pretty stable financially, especially in the media world. The place has a great new HQ building.

      Cons

      All those progressive management ideas you hear on the radio? Nearly none of them are embraced. No child care. Telework is a struggle. The Peter Priinciple is alive and thriving here. Maybe it's because people are too nice to fire anyone. Maybe it's because of the nonprofit angle. People tend not to leave, and that makes it hard to advance. Editorial is unionized, so they take a cut and probably help some folks stay who should go.

      5.0
      Aug 8, 2013

      Great place to work

      Executive assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, passionate staff, lots of room for growth...NPR is also just cool, so that helps. Management does a bunch of smart things that spice work up (a weekly produce sale at below-market prices is a new addition) but which don't cost the company a bunch of money. It's smart, and fun.

      Cons

      Pay is not equivalent to for-profit, although better than most other non-profits. There exists a slight perception of favoritism of content-producing divisions over administrative ones.

      2.0
      Aug 3, 2013

      Bad decisions made now could destroy org

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent news produced by smart, capable journalists and producers who are committed to providing well-rounded, sourced and researched pieces for air and online

      Cons

      -Poor internal communications. -Low morale. -Managers taking credit for work not their own. -Some in senior managers are so concerned about losing jobs, that they spend more time saying 'yes sir' than defending what is right.

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