CNN Reviews

Pros

Good job for good employees

Cons

Bad job for bad employees

Pros

* Collaborative cross cultural work space * Tremendous learning

Cons

None as such, its a great place to work and learn

Pros

It’s really challenging and exciting for journalists looking for a break.

Cons

Long hours, low compensation, limited benefits, and increases not regular

Pros

work ethiquite and culture and experince

Cons

salary and the management official

Pros

- Many people are kind - People are for the most part very intelligent and it’s possible to learn a lot - There’s in many cases no lack of work to be done

Cons

- Some teams are operating on bare bones resources - Morale has been on the lower side for many - Some of the leadership’s EQ could stand to be much higher - For many, there’s less optimism for growth opportunities and more concern about potential reductions or doing more with less - Burnout is a big concern for many people - Feels like concerns and issues get swept under the rug or marginalized as not being super meaningful

Pros

- They really do hire the best and brightest - Culture is great - Top tier benefits/perks/pension, especially as part of umbrella company (WBD) - Work / life balance is good as well - Was proud to say I was part of not only CNN but WarnerMedia and then Warner Bros. Discovery

Cons

- Sadly CNN has been bounced around a lot due to mergers and acquisitions. Leading to lay offs and general anxiety around job security - Trying to get an internal promotion was a chore, eventually led to looking elsewhere. The main issue is due to budgets being controlled at such a level that employees become numbers and not humans. Leading to lots of leavers and more expensive hires, losing lots of good talent.

Pros

There is a new Chief Technology Officer. Maybe a more competent company will buy CNN.

Cons

Don’t get a say in your code. Lots of stress and extra hours. Death March of features. Cicd pipeline is considered tech debt. No TPM or QA for two years. People keep leaving, but we aren’t allowed to hire anyone. We aren’t allowed to promote anyone or give them a raise. We aren’t allowed to fire anyone. Very little diversity. Say they are targeting a newer audience but continue to cater to the same groups. Treats remote workers poorly.

Pros

Smart, creative people who you can learn a lot from. Chance to work with people from all around the world. Good benefits for perm staff.

Cons

Lack of work life balance depending on what role you have. Too many people who have been there for a long time who can be stuck in poor habits or afraid to innovate.

Pros

Name recognition, passionate and talented colleagues

Cons

A lot of people are comfortable being miserable, creating a negative and toxic environment. There is a lot of office politics/favoritism at play that decides who is considered for promotion vs who needs to apply to be considered. Lack of transparency and communication.

Pros

Brand new office, good coworkers and benefits. Gym is amazing.

Cons

When the merger happened, a lot of people got laid off.