Does Foreign Policy pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Foreign Policy employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Foreign Policy. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Foreign Policy?

72% of Foreign Policy employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Foreign Policy 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

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

"The people are great, every thing is set up for you to learn and contribute right away." ((in 4 reviews))

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4.6

72% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Culture and values

4.3

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Senior management

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

Foreign Policy has an employee rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Foreign Policy employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

16 reviews

4.0

13 Jan 2016

Good opportunities for young, hungry staff to play the game and grow.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

About 90% great people to work with; fun culture of "small team, everyone on the same side"; outstanding product and content, something to feel proud about being a part of.

Cons

More than a few fairly sexist upper managers. Most of the staff is severely underpaid for the market. High level of burnout and turnover

3.0

17 Aug 2018

A great stepping stone; not likely more than that.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

If you are interested in journalism and foreign policy, this is one of the best (and only) spots for you in the English-speaking world. Good brand among those who know it (mostly in DC). Employees on the edit side speak many different languages and have rangy and interesting backgrounds.

Cons

Now under new management, but complaints about arrogant and aloof management continue; do your diligence and talk to current employees before joining. It appears to remain a place where it is hard to move up. You may be asked to stay in your lane. Too dominated still by white men (and I say that as one myself). FP needs a more diverse newsroom to reflect the diversity of the world it seeks to cover. But cost cuts have hurt the product; more opinion pieces now, from a smaller array of voices.

4.0

2 Mar 2017

Good jumpstarter position

Anonymous employee

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Pros

FP is an energetic organization with a lot of opportunity for learning and contributing if you demonstrate quality of work and are active in generating ideas. By working at FP a lot of doors open in terms of participating in events in DC.

Cons

Work frequently starts before you get to the office, reading news etc. And hours can stretch out long waiting for copy to return from authors, but this doesn't necessarily mean that you were busy all day. Coordination between departments was a bit disorganized at the time.

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