Hearst reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,450 total reviews)

Steven R. Swartz

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Hearst has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,450 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
4.0
Sep 16, 2017

Great Legacy Company Struggling to Keep Good Talent

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

Location Building Perks Access to multiple brands Access to multiple job functions/roles Easy access to management

Cons

Top-heavy Poor top-down communication Too many "re-orgs" No career development No interest from upper management in fostering young talent or career growth

3.0
Sep 8, 2017

Catty Sorority Girls!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The cafeteria and beauty sales

Cons

Full of those mean girls from high school, poor pay

2.0
Sep 8, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Intelligent coworkers, nice location, decent benefits.

Cons

A toxic working environment, where one risks getting fired just for voicing her/his opinion. The management structure is entrenched from what it looks like older days of Hearst. It is full with ego driven individuals with contempt for anyone challenging their views. I guess this depends on the team, but this negative corporate culture seems to be pervasive in the company. I've witnessed many senseless fires of intelligent people for voicing their opinions. Needless to say such manifestations of power kill the moral among employees. Another glaring issue is lack of diversity in management and in some groups particular. They tend to hire clones of themselves resulting in cliquey boy's club. If you are not part of such groups you are treated as an outcast without a voice., and expected to blindly follow their directives. One outcome of such an approach is the effect on the quality of the work. The deep pockets of Hearst allows mediocre individuals with influence among the management to impose their (lack of) vision, which translates in lots of inefficiencies and wasted money and opportunities. Hearst is probably good to start one's career but not a place for experienced and ambitious individuals.

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