Does Ascential pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ascential employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ascential. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ascential?

86% of Ascential employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ascential 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ascential?

Account Manager (14) , Business Development Manager (6) , Business Analyst (4) , Sales (4) , Software Developer (4) , Accountant (3) , Manager (3) , Marketing (3) , New Business Manager (3) , Sales Executive (3) , Senior Software Engineer (3) , Analyst (2) , BDM Manager (2) , Billing Specialist (2) , Business Development (2)

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

"Great team and people." ((in 31 reviews)); "Great team to work with!" ((in 24 reviews)); "culture is great and people on the whole are lovely." ((in 18 reviews)); "good benefits" ((in 11 reviews)); "Friendly colleagues but nothing else" ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ascential according to real employee reviews?

"Less salary" ((in 11 reviews)); "Bad management, awful line" ((in 9 reviews)); "manager and difficult to navigate the situation." ((in 7 reviews)); "Pay below average for market" ((in 7 reviews)); "Management, salaries, L&D, lack of career progression, lack of vision for new product development (management)" ((in 6 reviews))

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Ascential Reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(246 total reviews)

Philip Thomas

96% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture and values

4.1

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

Ascential has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 246 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Ascential employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

246 reviews

1.0

31 Jan 2021

Highly political, zero work-life balance and blame culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Some good corporate benefits, central office

Cons

Ascential has a lot of potential with some great brands but there is no cohesive culture. The CEO is smart but is quick to belittle his employees (senior and junior), often talking over them, laughing at them or walking out of meetings. His senior management pander to him and copy his behaviour, putting huge pressure on their teams and blame junior employees for the poor strategic decisions they make (there's a lot of micro-management and trash talk). Expect zero work-life balance and an unsupportive culture from a company that makes decisions based on what the CEO feels like and changes directions as the wind blows. Very little opportunity for progression.

2.0

4 Mar 2019

Do not recommend.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Used to have a great team and culture and invest in training etc.

Cons

Everything cut, no team building and not a great work place culture anymore, very apparent the execs are in it for themselves and not for the development of their staff or well-being (especially after the increase of wage given to CEO’s and bonus cuts from the rest of the company and stops on pay rises. Selfish.) Also, it was astounding how cuts were made but random large sums of money would be ‘miracoulsly’ found once a sales team memember needed more money. A lot of money wasted in certain areas which could have funded something more beneficial to the employees development. Pay gap between genders also a huge problem here and flexible working not offered to the hard working mums who have to do it all - some brilliant female employees lost due to the company’s insensitive nature towards their staff.

2.0

3 Jan 2023

Not the best place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- great flexibility in working from home - lots of award opportunities e.g elite awards - culture is great and people on the whole are lovely.

Cons

- zero progression opportunities/development - managers that are not fit for management (require training) - work/life balance is non-existent - lower than market rate pay - benefits do not exist (pay for them all yourself e.g no free private health care)

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Jobs at Ascential

Deputy General Secretary: Director of Policy and Professional Development

Leicester, England

GBP 102K - GBP 102K /yr

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