Description CL Chicago hopes to find readers in the Windy City. The company owns and publishes the Chicago Reader, an alternative weekly publication specializing in features focused on urban issues, politics, and arts and culture. The advertising-supported Reader is distributed at more than 1,400 locations in and around Chicago. The company also publishes its content online and syndicates the "Straight Dope" column. First published in 1971, the Chicago Reader is part of weekly newspaper group Creative Loafing, owned by Atalaya Capital Management.
Chicago Reader has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chicago Reader employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 53% of employees would recommend working at Chicago Reader to a friend. This is based on 17 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
100% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Chicago Reader as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Chicago Reader.