Future reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(712 total reviews)

Kevin Li Ying

65% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

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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712 reviews
1.0
Dec 9, 2016

Steer clear

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Passionate colleagues Working with interesting brands Nostalgia

Cons

Absolutely no job security No money to do anything Constant downsizing of both campus and workforce Utterly untrustworthy and self serving management at board level Poor salary

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Future Response
9y
Thanks for your feedback, we really appreciate it. As with all publishing companies, Future has experienced the need to transition into a digital media business. We've successfully done this and it's been testament to the handwork of the team. Our digital brands are flourishing and the business is moving in some incredibly exciting directions. Obviously, with this evolution comes a great amount of change, both to work processes and the products we offer. Through staff conferences, town halls and regular updates, we like to keep our staff informed and engaged in these decisions during the process. We're proud of the heritage of our brands and we have great people. We also need to remain forward focused and the people in the business need to reflect this. Our people have got us to where we are today and our teams' passions constantly reflect and align with our audiences' passions.
3.0
Dec 7, 2016

Not what it was

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great location, some passionate staff

Cons

Constant decline, mass redundancies, inconsistent strategy

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Future Response
9y
Thanks for your feedback, it really is much appreciated. At Future, we don't believe in headquarters; we have offices across three continents and our staff work in tandem across the board. So it's nice to see this passion and flexibility reflected here. As with all media organisations, we exist in a highly competitive environment. For us, this means being ready for change and adapting the business accordingly. Having said this, we've delivered on our strategy YoY and are extremely proud of this. It's the people that matter to us - flexibility, drive and passion are key to our business.
3.0
Dec 1, 2016

Good but getting worse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work on subject matter that you really care about and love

Cons

Serious cuts, redundancies and little transparency to workforce. Publishing companies being bought up while not offering decent pay to current workers

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Future Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback - we really appreciate our former employees reaching out to help us improve. We are proud that our Future employees are part of the audience so we can create and deliver fantastic content. We operate in a tough market and to stay competitive we constantly need to change, evolve and adapt as well as operate as high performing, lean teams. This means that we constantly review our workforce and do our utmost to retain top talent while maintaining our market position. We have regular townhall events, company conferences as well as weekly and monthly updates from management to try and keep all of our global employees informed and as up-to-date about everything as we can. Our management team welcome any and all feedback about how we can continuously improve the experience for our employees. We believe our pay is in-line with the market and we want all of employees to be paid fairly for the great work they do. We also have a comprehensive benefits package as well as a market-leading, innovative approach to annual leave so our colleagues can rest and recharge to manage their work-life balance and also produce their best outputs when they're at work!
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