Hearst Reviews

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!

A toxic working environment, where one risks getting fired just for voicing her/his opinion. The management structure is entrenched from what it looks like older days of Hearst. It is full with ego driven individuals with contempt for anyone challenging their views. I guess this depends on the team, but this negative corporate culture seems to be pervasive in the company. I've witnessed many senseless fires of intelligent people for voicing their opinions. Needless to say such manifestations of power kill the moral among employees. Another glaring issue is lack of diversity in management and in some groups particular. They tend to hire clones of themselves resulting in cliquey boy's club. If you are not part of such groups you are treated as an outcast without a voice., and expected to blindly follow their directives. One outcome of such an approach is the effect on the quality of the work. The deep pockets of Hearst allows mediocre individuals with influence among the management to impose their (lack of) vision, which translates in lots of inefficiencies and wasted money and opportunities. Hearst is probably good to start one's career but not a place for experienced and ambitious individuals.