Is The Washington Post a good company to work for?

The Washington Post has an overall rating of 3.0 out of 5, based on over 714 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months. 33% of employees would recommend working at The Washington Post to a friend and 10% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Washington Post have been left by employees working as Director , Editor and Manager .

Does The Washington Post pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Washington Post employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Washington Post. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Washington Post?

33% of The Washington Post employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Washington Post 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Washington Post?

Senior Software Engineer (31) , Software Engineer (28) , Editor (16) , Reporter (14) , Manager (11) , Director (10) , Account Manager (9) , Analyst (8) , Intern (8) , Product Manager (8) , Account Executive (7) , Sales (7) , Senior Product Designer (7) , Assignment Editor (6) , Journalist (6)

What are the pros of working at The Washington Post according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits can be good, especially if you are based in D.C. (there are many things to choose from)." ((in 32 reviews)); "Great coworkers and colleagues." ((in 26 reviews)); "Great Work/Life Balance" ((in 24 reviews)); "Overall a great work environment and always felt supported." ((in 12 reviews)); "People are great, hours are good, and there are opportunities for merit based bonuses." ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Washington Post according to real employee reviews?

"Constantly changing leadership leads to no stability and constant reorganization." ((in 25 reviews)); "Rules to employees and line managers do not apply above those positions." ((in 21 reviews)); "Pay is low for workload" ((in 20 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 17 reviews)); "Instability and mismanagement from the top down resulting in sweeping layoffs and chaotic restructuring." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Washington Post layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed The Washington Post locations?

Washington , New York , Springfield , Arlington , Chicago , Alexandria , San Francisco , Rockville , Burke , Leesburg , Woodbridge , Holland , Lincoln , Dallas , San Antonio , San Diego , San Jose , Denver , Seattle , West Springfield , Ohio , Seat Pleasant , France

The Washington Post reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(644 total reviews)

Jeff D’Onofrio

Not enough data to show CEO approval

10% positive business outlook

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The Washington Post has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 644 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The The Washington Post employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

644 reviews

5.0

Oct 4, 2021

Great!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really nice teammates to work with, there’s a lot of room to grow and keep learning.

Cons

Can’t really think of one.

4.0

Oct 3, 2021

Washington Post editor

Assignment editor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people, big budget for ambitious work.

Cons

Slow to get projects off the ground.

3.0

Sep 29, 2021

Mediocre for the most part

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Subscriptions org has wonderful leadership, particularly the director and QA lead. What you ship will be seen by millions of readers, and technical ownership is strongly encouraged. You will own a substantial part of the site and be responsible & accountable for all work related to that domain.

Cons

Compensation is mediocre, we're understaffed and unable to attract and retain talent. No equity, bonuses, or annual increases. Diversity & inclusion initiatives were shallow and insincere. Newsroom/product management set priorities and tech investment is not one of them. Most projects have more to do with internal politics than shipping a great reader experience. We have a lot of boring projects like migrating an app from Angular to React, splitting repositories, migrating AWS infrastructure from one account to another, etc. On-call for most teams, especially backend, can be a terrible experience with a lot of fires to put out.

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Jobs at The Washington Post

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