CNN reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,032 total reviews)
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Jeff Zucker

33% approve of CEO

38% 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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1K reviews
1.0
Oct 27, 2014

Great Work Experience. Horrible Work Environment.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Working for a global brand. Fast-paced Environment. Cool projects.

Cons

Lack of interest in management for developing talent. Hostile environment if you are not a part of the "circle". Lack of appreciation for diversity across the board. Lack of respect for work-life balance outside of mothers. HR department does not work in favor of the employee.

2.0
Sep 27, 2014

Company is going downhill....FAST!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are amazing! And the people doing the work are great! These two things made it incredibly hard for me to leave.

Cons

Management is terrible. They have no sense of what they are doing, action is mistaken for progress. Management has a heightened sense of themselves, and put meetings and email above all else, even the work. They will ask to do something different for the sake of doing something different. Rather than focusing on improving the quality of the content, the goal at CNN seems to focus more on gimmicks and being different instead of the quality of the content. Big money and sponsorships drive the content, quality isn't even thought of.

1.0
Mar 15, 2010
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to get experience, looks good on resume

Cons

CNN is a good place to work if you don't inconvenience management by having a family and daring them to uphold their "family-friendly" policies. When I began job-sharing, I consistently received poor performance reviews, despite the quality of my work not changing. I eventually was let go because management couldn't make me quit. This was a much better, more innovative company under Ted Turner. Now it's just another big corporation that only cares about the stockholders.

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