Kiplinger Reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Knight A. Kiplinger

100% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Kiplinger has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kiplinger employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.9 stars).

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16 reviews
3.0
8 Nov 2011

Unsatisfying

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I worked with a lot of great people at Kiplinger who have been in the business for a long time. There was a lot to learn from these folks.

Cons

Some of the cons were that I really couldn't tell if they were interested in staying in business! The lack of innovation and movement into this century is staggering. Someone in another glassdoor review mentioned they were very interested in true writing and journalism, and less on making money, which they considered pro. I consider it a con if that prevents you from staying in business. Employees need tools to complete their jobs, and though these tools cost money, they increase productivity exponentially. This is also something that was always an issue. There was also so much done manually. On paper. Rather than using computers. Lack of communication between departments. Web, Editorial, Marketing, Sales were all their own separate entities, and lacked communication.

2.0
20 Sept 2022

Great Brand, Dreadful Parent

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Pros

> Editorial-level employees are experienced, friendly, and care about both their work and their teams. > Great brand name with a rich history. > Old guard still dearly holds high editorial standards.

Cons

> Multiple acquisitions in a short time have stripped a lot of institutional knowledge, history, and morale. > Current parent company (Future) is downright inept. They're called a "serial acquirer," but their experience in M&A hasn't evolved into skill at it. Incompetent at folding in new assets. Benefits transition was haphazard and resulted in de facto pay cuts for most involved. Pay for contractors and freelancers suffered numerous delays for months. Communications are atrocious. They never know who to include on important updates. Directions are always unclear. Procedures documentation is sparse, and what exists is extremely lacking. > Future also suffers severe Dunning-Kruger effect. Despite their shortcomings, they drip with confidence, and they severely misestimate the importance of institutional and subject-matter knowledge. > Future's CEO -- which, correction to Glassdoor, Knight Kiplinger is no longer CEO at Kiplinger -- is a nightmare. A micromanager with no equal. A for-instance: Numerous superiors communicated that the CEO personally reviews all pay raises; future has ~2,400 employees at last count. The CEO also sends a regular update to employees in which she frequently demonstrates that she's completely disconnected from any human earning a sub-seven-digit salary. > Begrudging interest, at best, in filling open positions. > All of the above resulted in numerous defections within a relatively short time after the acquisition.

5.0
19 Sept 2022

55000

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Ethical business operations and respectful employees

Cons

low salaries and opportunities for bonuses

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