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
3.0
Jul 4, 2017

Solid job, but was laid off

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Pros

Great resources, lots of wonderful people, huge huge company so plenty of cool parties and benefits- not to mention the cheap cafeteria! Also always have updated tools and software which is unusual for a big company. Great 401K match and healthcare.

Cons

Everything moves like molasses. As with big companies (especially publishing) when things are going bad, it only gets addressed when it's too late. My whole team was laid off with probably a year of decline where something could have been addressed- but its the slow ignoring of problems and pretending publishing is doing great that will cause these big problems. As with big companies too, meetings about meetings are king- and doing any actual work falls to the side. Also only 2 weeks vacation for your first 3 years, and thats terrible compared to all the new modern companies out there.

2.0
Jun 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Central London location. Great heritage.

Cons

Not adapting well to challenging times in publishing

3.0
Jun 23, 2017

Reporter - Full Time

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Pros

Working here provided a good amount of opportunity to show initiative to do work that you thought was important. A great opportunity to pitch and write original content every day.

Cons

They expect a lot of content every day from their reporters, such that opportunities to get in depth on certain issues could be difficult to come by on a regular basis.

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