News Corp Reviews

Former Employee – worked at News Corp

Pros – Management was competent and fair.

Cons – Management did not allow a good work/life balance.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect that employees have a life outside of their jobs.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at News Corp

Pros – The team is great and has great family values. The Company has kids outings as well as events for the family throughout the year. The group respects work life balance.

Cons – There's very limited performance reviews and the career tracks can get little bit cloudy.

Advice to Senior Management – It'll be great to see more of the talents to be pulled up within the organization.

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – Very good benefits, insurance, travel, corporate discounts and associated perks. Being able to interact with other business divisions within News Corp with expertise in their related fields. Competitive compensation. Global reach, with media outlets in most major countries and strong political "pull" in a few. Some "gem" managers that have found their niche and run great, small, efficient teams that do some great work.

Cons – There are some very mediocre mid-level employees that have been with the company for a long time and never contribute much, or have stopped "keeping up" with technology 5-10 years ago (IT related). Unnecessary outsourcing and over management sometimes complicates communication and project efficiency.

Advice to Senior Management – Although they may be long term employees, there are some middle-management and other workers that drag things down. Be more a-political in your other ventures, not every business unit needs the Fox-News style approach. Be more agile, respect things like net neutrality, social networking, open source software and open content.

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – Ability to work on a variety of different things. Brand name company with growth potential. Working there impresses your friends--especially if they are conservatives. Colleagues are nice and try to be helpful. Lack of back-stabbing. Often can feel like a cozy family business.

Cons – Organization does not share information across different companies. Functions are very bureaucratic. Organization is a bit short -sighted. Management does not convey that they value higher education. It's a bit of a boys club. There is not a lot of communication from the executives suites. You often find out what is going on at News Corp from someone outside the organization. A media organization should be able to communicate to its own employees. Sometimes when you come to work, you feel like you are entering a black hole--one in which you have to figure everything out yourself. Physical offices are a bit sparse. Face time seems to be valued even if you can be productive working remotely. There is lot a lot of professional, mature support staff.

Advice to Senior Management – Create an executive training program. Locate real talent in the company and support initiatives Create a new energy. Communicate more to employees about what is going on. Create promotional and lateral move opportunities across all subsidiaries. Foster a common corporate culture and a spirit of cooperation amongst different companies. Hire a top management consultanting firm to fix the cultural issues. Allow people to work remotely. Be more modern!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – They just get it - from strategy to culture. Of course there are variations from division to division, but in general, I've never seen people who weren't doing a good job advance -- not for long, at least.

Cons – As all companies as they grow, it's getting more political with time.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop buying newspapers. Fix Star TV.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at News Corp

Pros – nothing really I hate every thing there

Cons – It is very political environment, they are not professional and can't handle any criticism.

Advice to Senior Management – be fair and honest. Also get rid of your current middle management team, there are not good and all the employees know about that. I've not heard anything but bad stuff from people who are working there.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend