New York Times reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(923 total reviews)

Meredith Kopit Levien

77% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

New York Times has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 923 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The New York Times 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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923 reviews
1.0
Apr 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

the reputation of the company

Cons

The management in Infrastructure is the worst I've ever known. They are cold and clueless, and apparently indifferent to the turnover going on all around them. Perhaps the management believes they can rely on the reputation of the Times alone to acquire and retain talent, but the number of people leaving does not support this fallacy. They are so quick to criticize you for mistakes, but fail to mention a thing about the good work you do. They create a climate of fear and intimidation, and yet are so obtuse as to believe that their draconian policies will win the support and loyalty of their employees.

2.0
Apr 13, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

+Nice 401K matching contributions +Located close to Bryant Park, so summer lunches are always pleasant +Discounted visits to museums & near by restaurants. +Out of lets say 100 employees( 20 are brilliant and awesome to work with , 40 are decent engineers, and the rest are pretty much slackers who are really good at playing politics and protecting each other) You will find different reviews given the different departments you work for throughout the company.

Cons

+NYT kitchen was not free of cost like most companies in Manhattan. +As Technologists we could never work from home. That privilege was only used my senior management at their own discretion. + Micromanagement to the max by senior management.( working climate is based on fear and intimidation) + Absolutely no work life balance, Senior management will slowly make you put in longer hours at work. + One on Ones were all meant to scapegoat everyone into working even longer hours. Instead of talk about career advancements or current work situations. +Managers have superiority complexes to say the least, and will never admit mistakes. Nor will they acknowledge good work. +Managers seem to be at their position without any merit and based solely on political ties, Even though so many of us have come and left our roles. ( 6 of us to be exact within the course of a year) +Joining New York Times as a MySQL Database Administrator has been the worst mistake of my career +Upper management lacks clear technical vision, and not knowledgable on technological advancements. +My Experience at NYT taught me nothing technically i didn't already know, I felt technically in a state of stagnation

2.0
Jan 28, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing but the name and fame comes with a old company!

Cons

MICRO-MANAGEMENT at it's best!!! Pay rate is at least $30K-$40K less than market rate for the same role. Recruiting and taking advantage of college grads who will do anything to land on the first job is a norm here who can hire with very low pay and loads of work! Mutliple roles are squeezed into a single role with lousy pay! Lousy and cheap tech stacks and tools! Health insurance is sub par with high deductibles and little to nothing company allowance. No wellness or technology benefits! Hostile environment, lots of red tapes, secret surveilance, cliques, coercion and fear-monging culture! Every couple of weeks, employee outbursts and demonstrations in front of the building are very common!

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