CNN reviews

3.6

56% would recommend to a friend

(1,032 total reviews)
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Jeff Zucker

29% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

CNN has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,032 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CNN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
May 29, 2025
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

great work environment, perfect place

Cons

no cons , nothing bad to say

1.0
May 12, 2025

Management Needs improvement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Office space is nice, view is impeccable.

Cons

Management is horrible, and let’s not speak about HR. No one helps you. Everyone is out for themselves. People create deals for their advantage.

3.0
May 12, 2025
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent health benefits - Flexible work environment for non-producers/show teams and technical staff - Casual dress - Creative environment - Most people are very friendly and helpful

Cons

- Consistent change with little change management strategy - Lower pay scale for some positions - Lack of upskilling employees - little development opportunity - Higher ups make poor decisions without consulting Sr Directors - VP level - Heavily matrixed org -- hard to know who to go for what due to constant change and lack of communication - Never has been the same since Jeff Zucker left and they got rid of a lot of original programming

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