4.0
26 Sept 2013
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 8 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Higher-than-average salaries for News business, health insurance for employee & family covered at no employee cost, lots of bureaus around the world if you're inclined to work abroad, fairly flat hierarchy, layoffs are almost unheard of, generous leave by U.S. standards (4 weeks)
Cons
Mandatory 10-hr workdays (including 1-hr lunch), draconian responses to human errors (including firings), company policy that forbids rehiring employees who leave to take a job elsewhere, and a tendency to burn out employees with long workdays and demands for ever-higher output.