ESPN reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,301 total reviews)
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93% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

ESPN has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,301 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ESPN 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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4.0
Jun 28, 2010
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Cafeteria - is like a "This is SportsCenter" commercial. Cool to see talent behind you in line for pizza. On-campus celebs and athletes/events- Walking down the hall and passing KG or Tom Cruise or Lil' Wayne or The Rock or coming to work seeing NASCAR's set up there for the day is cool. The basketball court and football/soccer field outside and the video games inside the cafeteria Many locations around the country (and world) I feel respected and valued Great internal communications to keep everyone abreast of changes and developments Feedback is encouraged and participation in setting company priorities is a company-wide initiative Company priorities truly determine the strategic direction of business decisions for the coming year Great opportunities for exposure and involvement in a variety of sports properties and media platforms Disney Themeparks: free admission for self and dependents, 2 free passes to give away twice/year, free parking, free strollers, and big discounts in the park. Free ESPN the Magazines Cable TVs on our desks Technologically advanced workplace with great videoconferencing options Diverse workforce Industry leader

Cons

Long trips to/from Bristol and New York Missing a lot of "on-campus perks" like the fitness center and athlete appearances by not being in Bristol Only "certain" groups get perks, party passes, game tickets, and swag. You can work here for years and rarely do anything "really cool" unless you network with a cool kid who'll share their perks with you. Feels like a "college campus" where the popular kids get the love. Also feels like an "old boy's club". Lots of "who you know" involved in hiring.

2.0
Apr 1, 2010
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

If you love sports, this is the place to be Exciting, high paced environment Good bond between co-workers Always fun to hear the reaction you get when you tell people you work at ESPN

Cons

CONNECTICUT No one really cares about work-life balance even though it's preached No appreciation for a job well done Poor pay

3.0
May 18, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

unless you join the company as a senior manager, the value of adding ESPN to your resume is really the reason to work here. they are, after all, the Worldwide Leader in sports.

Cons

the location is absolutely horrible if you are relatively you and would like to have a life outside of work at all. ESPN has a strange culture of devaluing the experiences of people who've come from other places, by making it seem as thought whatever you did before arriving here was JV. communication across the organization is absolutely horrible, and i think the company suffers for 1 - not having any real competition to speak of; and 2 - it's geographic isolation. they dont (really) have to compete for talent on the production front because if you want to work in sports media, this is supposedly the Mecca...because of that, they arent forced to listen to the concerns of their people, because the threat of them leaving is relatively low. there is also a general day-to-day environment of complacency and doing things "they way they've always been done."

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