Does Future pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Future employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Future. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Future?

44% of Future employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Future 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Future?

Editor (40) , Account Director (15) , Staff Writer (15) , Freelance Writer (12) , Account Manager (10) , Manager (8) , Marketing Executive (8) , Senior Editor (8) , Content Writer (7) , Sales Associate (7) , Account Executive (6) , Director (6) , Writer (6) , Analyst (5) , Graphic Designer (5)

What are the pros of working at Future according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 66 reviews)); "The culture is great and they are not micro" ((in 33 reviews)); "Unlimited holiday however the workload is so high you don’t get to make use of this" ((in 29 reviews)); "Colleagues are great and knowledgeable" ((in 27 reviews)); "benefits were good but compensation scale wasn't" ((in 27 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Future according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and it could get a little busy" ((in 30 reviews)); "you wind up in, there is clear favoritism shown by upper management towards B2B but particularly UK staff." ((in 16 reviews)); "Senior leadership have no emotional intelligence" ((in 14 reviews)); "They say they are unashamedly commercial which means that they take the outdated hard capitalist view that their overriding responsibility is to the shareholders (conveniently senior management are big shareholders)." ((in 14 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Future layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Future layoffs and their outlook for job security at Future in 2026.

Future reviews

3.2

44% would recommend to a friend

(712 total reviews)

Kevin Li Ying

60% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Future has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 712 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Future employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

712 reviews

5.0

Nov 20, 2017

Great Products and Greater People

Vice president content and prodcuts

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

A wonderful group of people who are talented and well trained

Cons

The publishing industry is challenging right now and Future has all of the associated challenges.

Future Response

8y

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts, we are extremely lucky to have such a talented group of employees here at Future, we are working hard to recognise and reward their talent and contribution. Like many similar industries, the publishing industry is a challenging place to be, we are constantly thinking about these challenges and making decisions based on how we remain strong and stable as the industry evolves.

4.0

Nov 16, 2017

Great memories

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Culture Friendly people Passionate people loving what they do

Cons

Teams were very silo'd and Communication could have been better across the organisation

Future Response

8y

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review, at Future we are really proud of our past and of our culture so it’s lovely to hear that you have such great memories of working with us. We appreciate your feedback regarding ways of working and communication and we are continually trying to improve this. We have a number of vacancies within Future and encourage you to visit our jobs page if you ever wish to return to us in the future - http://www.futureplc.com/yourfuturejob/.

5.0

Nov 15, 2017

A great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Thriving office environment Great people and culture Opportunities to progress

Cons

Due to its size, it can be hard to cross-sell into other areas of the business

Future Response

8y

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review, we really appreciate your feedback. We are working to improve our ways of working to ensure these are fit for purpose as the business grows, please feel free to share any recommendations you have regarding this with your Line Manager or the People & Culture team. Let’s do this!

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