Condé Nast reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,885 total reviews)
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Roger Lynch

36% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Condé Nast has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,885 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Condé Nast employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Apr 20, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Grandiose office at WTC. Free snacks in the kitchen. Free lunches on occasion. Benefits are pretty sweet despite paying salaries that are 20% lower than the industry standard. Flexible WFH option.

Cons

Management are usually a bunch of talking heads who as another reviewer mentioned are overpaid and don't understand the business. Two years is somewhat standard for a promotion for some divisions but playing office politics is the name of the game. One other thing, if you don't follow the "Condé dress code" you can pretty much expect to be ostracized. Pay scales are not structured anywhere except for the tech side. Many of my co-workers who are extremely talented and were severely underpaid left CN for better companies due to this. CN still clings to this idea that the prestige of working for them beats equitable pay. CN needs to wake up and realize it's in a dying industry and there are other companies that are eating their lunch with smarter and more innovative strategies/technology.

1.0
Oct 28, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's located in the WTC. And that's where the pro's end.

Cons

Working for this company took years off of my life. It ruined personal relationships due to how infectious it was to be surrounded by some of the most toxic people I have ever met in my life. The company has lost its value both internally and externally and there is no way a company like that deserves to have the recognition that it does. Please refrain from joining this company, it will save your life. And as dramatic as this is I'd feel like I'd be doing a disservice to you if I don't express it in this manner. Goodluck, I truly hope this review keeps you from making an incredibly regrettable decision.

1.0
Aug 10, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

My immediate colleagues and manager were fantastic - but this is not representative of the whole company I also enjoyed the subject matter of content I was working with and my tasks in general

Cons

The company has an outdated mindset, the possibility of working from home was not even remotely on the cards, until it was forced by the COVID situation Hierarchical structure, where senior management look down on the people below and outright ignore them in the hallways Favouritism when it comes to hiring (hiring friends of family member etc,), lack of diversity Toxic environment that is not kept in check by HR Packages are for the most part the minimum statutory No pay rises, no matter how many times you ask, laughable salaries, talented young experienced employees are not nurtured and not rewarded for their efforts, while dinosaurs who have been around at the company for decades and who don’t really have any idea about contemporary publishing make decisions, resulting in the company making investments in projects that are bound to fail Lack of transparency when it comes to career progression, departments are reshuffled by directors based on internal politics, so you don’t even get a chance to be a contender Appalling, secretive and non-transparent redundancy process, where you get pushed out the door as soon as possible Turnover is very high, a constant carousel of inexperienced new starters who don't know what they are doing Offshoring to India and keeping juniors instead of experienced staff to pay lower salaries and giving them the senior staff workload

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