Is New York Times a good company to work for?

New York Times has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,124 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 73% of employees would recommend working at New York Times to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about New York Times have been left by employees working as Intern , Journalist and Senior Software Engineer .

Does New York Times pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, New York Times employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at New York Times. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at New York Times?

73% of New York Times employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated New York Times 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at New York Times?

Software Engineer (53) , Senior Software Engineer (28) , Editor (18) , Journalist (18) , Intern (16) , Staff Editor (16) , Manager (15) , Reporter (15) , News Assistant (14) , Account Manager (13) , Project Manager (11) , Director (10) , Art Director (9) , Journalist/Reporter (9) , Marketing (8)

What are the pros of working at New York Times according to real employee reviews?

"smart people; very family" ((in 111 reviews)); "Great culture and innovative brand to work for" ((in 53 reviews)); "My colleagues were great." ((in 51 reviews)); "good work life balance which is nice" ((in 50 reviews)); "Good benefits and PTO perks" ((in 49 reviews))

What are the cons of working at New York Times according to real employee reviews?

"Lots of restructuring and management was poor in my department." ((in 44 reviews)); "Pay is low and growth is slow" ((in 34 reviews)); "Bad managers in the office I worked at" ((in 24 reviews)); "Senior leadership is accessible and approachable." ((in 17 reviews)); "upper management are game of thrones and out for blood." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about New York Times layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about New York Times layoffs and their outlook for job security at New York Times in 2026.

What are the top reviewed New York Times locations?

New York , Norfolk , College Point , Los Angeles , Boston , Washington , San Francisco , Chicago , Flushing , Charlotte , Gainesville , Sarasota , Atlanta , Bloomfield , Weehawken , Moorestown , Tuscaloosa , Moline , New Paltz , Brooklyn , Mount Vernon , Worcester , Cuddebackville , Hopewell Junction , New York Mills , Wilmington , Dallas , San Antonio , Kent , Columbus

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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

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

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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Reviews by job title

923 reviews

2.0

Jul 7, 2022

There's a glass ceiling for non-diverse news assistants.

News assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It was a fun place to work with lots of intelligent people.

Cons

If you are white and male you will not be promoted unless you plead gay or some other minority. In the past there was a bias that favored straight white males over minorities and now there's an (over)correction. No matter how good my work was, or how praised it was I would always lose a promotion to someone from a more diverse background. I have a friend who is gay, but appears straight and he was locked as well. However, if you are black and female, strap n that rocket pack, because you are going straight to the moon!

3.0

Mar 21, 2022

Very Passive Aggressive

Senior engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All the engineers are super kind and want to be very helpful. Everyone will chip in and lend a hand. For engineering, work/life balance is great.

Cons

Everyone puts out very nice messages full of thanks and how everyone is a team and people should take it easy, but then gets very intense about “paying for performance”. It feels passive aggressive. Way too many meetings because everyone is given veto power over everything.

4.0

Mar 8, 2022

Fantastic and Friendly Coworkers, Excellent WLB, Questionable Upper Management

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Really smart engineers and product people, with a lot of empathy. - Incredible Work Life Balance, really flexible schedule depending on the team - The core mission of the company (producing great, informative, important journalism) can be very motivating. Not everything we publish resonates this way, but the work that does feels good to be a part of. - For the most part, I've felt pretty shielded from office bureaucracy/politics in my day-to-day (though I am aware it exists in some parts of the company)

Cons

- Upper Management often comes off as very disconnected, disorganized, and even antagonistic at times. - They don't pay as much as many other tech companies of similar size, which makes retention difficult and hiring to replace people very slow. The company insisted it planned to address that discrepancy--even at some point sending emails about pay raises across the board--but it never happened. Instead, they offered slightly larger RSU grants than normal to senior engineers and above only (still below the rate of peer tech companies they claimed they were comparing their compensation to)

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