Do not apply - Graphic Designer Express-News Employee Review

the people are great to work with

the pay is not very much and there aren't a lot of perks

The E-N is a very interesting place to work. A lot of things have to work together in order to get a newspaper out every day. From sales, news gathering through production, printing and distribution, it all goes on in one building. There are a lot of people that really care about their jobs, despite the hardships.

The newspaper industry is under a lot of stress from declining ad revenue, which makes everything difficult, but Hearst (corporate parent) has shown very little ability to actually adapt the business to the digital age or think past the end of the next budget period at what might be valuable in the future. Employees are never rewarded for success, only blamed for failure. Every year Hearst reports record profits, but there hasn't been a dime for raises in the last 10 years, only excuses about how times are tough.