Considering working for The San Francisco Examiner or SF Newspaper Co.? Read On:
Pros
If you are new to the industry. If you really want to get newspaper or advertising experience. If you want to get advertising experience and they offer you a territory with a good amount of existing revenue already established. If you have received and offer and are allowed to interview some of their existing employees before deciding on the position.
Cons
They do a great job misrepresenting the income potential by advertising six-figure income for advertising reps when only one rep in the whole company earns that. There is just something about The Examiner that the end user (advertisers) just dont like or respect; changing that perception is a very difficult thing to overcome. Extremely high turn over rate- something like 30 people fired in less than a year including upper and mid management. The high turn over rate makes advertisers wary; right after a relationship is established the advertising representative is no longer working there and then the next rep has to start over from scratch. Sloppy work environment with dated technology makes for inefficient use of time. They tend to blame the employees for lack of revenue when it is actually The Examiner's inability to evolve into the modern world.....they will never really know what potential they could have had because they never listen the employee's feedback....employees are the people who are on the ground-level listening to the advertisers needs, wants and pains every single day, learn from them dont just dispose of them. Also, since you have to pay for your own benefits at The Examiner, shop around outside of what they offer and you can pay less per month for better benefits.