Hearst Reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,451 total reviews)

Steven R. Swartz

72% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Hearst has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,451 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hearst employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
28 Mar 2025

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can work with new age technologies

Cons

You sometimes have to overwork

5.0
27 Jan 2022

Very good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very good product mix balance

Cons

nothing as of now in the tenure

2.0
14 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some really great women working on the magazines side of Hearst digital—women who are smart, funny, and look out for each other.

Cons

The new President of Hearst Magazines is awful. He shows up late to meetings often and interrupts women routinely, sometimes to talk about things that are completely irrelevant. He has a habit of putting his feet up on conference room tables. And it seems like he cares little about content standards, only ever focusing on money. Beyond the toxicity coming from the top, the infrastructure at Hearst is extremely disorganized. Publications don't pay freelancers on time, leaving young employees in administrative roles to play the middleman between (rightfully) angry writers who are owed money and an accounting department that doesn't give answers. I think it's possible to have a good experience at Hearst, but only if you have minimal contact with the central administration. Also, the salaries are very low. All in all, wouldn't recommend!

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