Future reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(712 total reviews)

Kevin Li Ying

65% approve of CEO

39% 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
Sep 8, 2022
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- global opportunity if your face fits - great brands - good place to cut your teeth if you’re starting your journalism career, but expect to be worked to the bone

Cons

- CEO is a puppeteer. She is compelling, she has loyal followers, but she consistently burns them out. It’s hard to ignore the amount of senior leadership that the company goes through. Five CPO’s in 18 months is worrying?! The turnover of staff, especially management, is mind blowing. - Lack of respect and no one is trusted. Zero autonomy. The CEO seemingly trusts no one to be an expert in their field, and it’s not uncommon for her to be the only voice in a meeting. Not only is her voice very loud, sweary and shouty, but there is no room for collaboration. It’s a dictatorship. - Diversity and inclusion isn’t a priority. They say it is, it isn’t. It’s all lip service. You’ll find very little inclusion anywhere in the business and very little in place to improve it. - Culture is dying before our eyes. This will not improve with the forced return to the office and leadership team need to listen to employees voicing their desire to work from home. A lot of talent has been lost. And this company runs leaner than any business I’ve been in. AKA not enough staff, can’t afford to lose any more. - Hostile work environment, not a nice place to work - mainly because of the way the CEO treats employees - Management do not care about anything other than profit. - no budget for learning and development. No room for colleague improvement. This surprised me, I expected a business of this size to want to develop their staff. No. - Can the person that writes the CEO weekly emails (we all know it’s not Zillah) please stop.

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Future Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We've been working to make improvements across the organisation and following our recent engagement survey have hosted numerous listening sessions, giving everyone an opportunity to have their ideas heard. We've already started taking action to make meaningful changes to make Future a better place, including ongoing work to invest in our people and give them more opportunities for progression and development. If you have any further thoughts you'd like to share please feel free to get in touch with us directly.
1.0
Jul 21, 2022

Clueless company who can’t manage rapid growth

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

New London office Good amount of data

Cons

Prioritise process over people Senior leadership have no emotional intelligence The company leads with fear over reward Arrogance, sense of entitlement, rude Staff treated with a lack of respect and no one is trusted Company is run through penny pinching; everything is done to safe money not to make money

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Future Response
3y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and are sorry to hear that you feel we don't value our people. We agree with you that the people are an important part of the success of a business and any acquisition. Periods of change such as acquisitions are stressful and can take time to navigate and we're continuously working to make the transition smoother for new colleagues so they feel welcome and valued. If you have any further suggestions on how we can improve please feel free to contact the People team.
1.0
Jun 4, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

All day-to-day peers are talented legends

Cons

Terrible salaries unless senior management. Absolutely no career progression. Absolutely no care for diligent staff. Utterly impotent management right up to (almost) the very top of the pile. People & Culture department completely useless.

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