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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2K reviews
1.0
May 12, 2018

Horrible Stack requires Horrible Hours

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Pros

They have standing desks if requested.

Cons

Where to begin. Here are a few highlights from the time i was there: For many months I was required to work 7 days a week which eventually settled into 100+ hour work week for 2 years. Another issue, which sounds illegal but not sure was when I was getting yelled at by boss why I'm not staying late nightly until 10 pm with no AC running in the middle of the summer to hit his impossible deadline. Our director would get drunk and hit on every girl on the team. I had 6+ team memebers tell me how discusted they were by his actions. I know multiple people complained and instead of firing him they sent him to another country to work with a different team. Worst of all the culture is toxic and stack is overly complicated and management is 3-4 years behind.

2.0
Apr 23, 2018

False culture, poor leadership

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Pros

The name and its titles.

Cons

Poor leadership. Wishes it was cool and hip but is stuck in the past. Rigid and lame. Corporate through and through.

2.0
Sep 18, 2017
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Pros

- industry stature (debatable at this point; conde has faced several public and embarrassing set backs in the last 2 years) - impressive name to have on resume - great for networking if you have a strong enough personality to make an impression - chance to work with great brands and advertisers - there are extremely creative and hardworking people in entry and mid level positions - beautiful offices with good amenities; good benefits

Cons

- old school management style that was too slow to adopt to digital which has caused the company major setbacks - in the 1.5 years, conde underwent three massive rounds of "restructuring" and layoffs - no job security or confidence in upper management, everyone is walking around on eggshells - revolving door of publishers / EICs who are all starting to jump ship - entry level are treated like punching bags and denied over time, but expected to work over 40 hours a week - senior level management is cold and standoffish, often inappropriate and unprofessional - HR at this company is a joke; they turn a blind eye to senior management's borderline fireable offenses and repeatedly ignore attempts to get in contact - upper management wastes company funds on lavish meals, gifts, beauty treatments, and personal items - you have to develop a thick skin to survive the yelling, name calling, and temper tantrums that are every day occurrences - there is a noticeable shift in morale; you can tell people are unhappy working here

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