Hearst reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,451 total reviews)

Steven R. Swartz

72% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Hearst has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,451 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hearst 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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1K reviews
1.0
Jul 3, 2024

A failing media organization

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A once flexible company - the only con at this point is that it's a creative work environment

Cons

The biggest thing you need to know about Hearst is that there is zero room for growth. This company has gone soooo downhill. Upper management sets impossible goals to hit, and their remote policy has gone out the window. Very, very strict on their 3 day in-office policy No room for growth

1.0
May 30, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A company with great potential if politics did not get in the way.

Cons

It was a great working environment until people became hostile towards others because of a mandate. What was worse, we had three people on our team who got the first one and got extremely ill. One of them ended up in the hospital for 6+ weeks and almost died. Another had cancer and was told by his doctor not to get it because they did not know if it would affect his treatment, and the other now has heart issues. There were many complaints company-wide and a tidal wave of people who quit. I was absolute chaos and we ended up having to use people from other countries to do our graphics which caused a lot of issue. Our payables department was depleted and getting payments was a mess and after I was released my manager and others quit as well due to Hearst taking over MRT and setting more restrictions, like our clients not being able to enter the building without a "shot". It got bad. Even HR was very hostile, it was sad.

1.0
Jan 7, 2024

Toxic work environment in CLT

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some great people work there, just not any one in management or any type of leadership role.

Cons

Toxic work environment. It’s a typical 8:30-5:30p job. The majority of the management in Charlotte is awful & seem miserable. It’s sad because the toxic people have been there for years & keep getting promoted, so it‘s not changing…

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