Is The Washington Post a good company to work for?

The Washington Post has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 706 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 35% of employees would recommend working at The Washington Post to a friend and 13% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about The Washington Post have been left by employees working as Reporter , Director and Editor .

Does The Washington Post pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Washington Post employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Washington Post. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Washington Post?

35% of The Washington Post employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Washington Post 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Washington Post?

Senior Software Engineer (31) , Software Engineer (27) , Editor (16) , Reporter (12) , Manager (11) , Director (10) , Account Manager (9) , Analyst (8) , Intern (8) , Product Manager (8) , Account Executive (7) , Sales (7) , Senior Product Designer (7) , Assignment Editor (6) , Journalist (6)

What are the pros of working at The Washington Post according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and multiple shifts based on your availability to include part time oncall." ((in 28 reviews)); "Great Work/Life Balance" ((in 26 reviews)); "Great coworkers and colleagues." ((in 25 reviews)); "Friendly work environment, friendly people" ((in 13 reviews)); "I was given the opportunity to work in a well" ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Washington Post according to real employee reviews?

"Constantly changing leadership leads to no stability and constant reorganization." ((in 23 reviews)); "Rules to employees and line managers do not apply above those positions." ((in 20 reviews)); "Very low pay increases even for top employees" ((in 19 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 16 reviews)); "Upper management is cleaning house, mostly female managers disappearing." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Washington Post layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Washington Post layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Washington Post in 2026.

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3.2

35% would recommend to a friend

(636 total reviews)

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13% positive business outlook

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3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Culture & values

2.2

Senior management

The Washington Post has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 636 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Washington Post employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.4 stars).

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1.0

May 23, 2026

If you have other option do not choose this place

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Coworkers are great Encourage innovation

Cons

Awful leadership Unrealistic request from management Too much micromanagement

3.0

May 22, 2026

Supportive team but high turnover and layoffs

Senior product designer

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CEO approval

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Pros

You work with a group of talented designers and patient, nurturing managers, each one cheering you and your work on.

Cons

A lot of turnover - people wanting to leave and people forced to leave. I've survived a number of layoffs here.

2.0

May 7, 2026

Started good, quickly turned toxic. Run away!

Senior software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

- Coworkers are talented and absolutely wonderful and caring - Mission of supporting journalism ("Democracy dies in darkness") - Innovation is allowed and supported - If you get a good manager, they'll defend you as best as they can and ensure you have a decent work-life balance, considering the on-call rotations (sometimes they're calm; sometimes it's like the world's been set on fire at 1AM) - Some snacks/fruit (just for tech department), though very limited - Inclusion network groups hold fun events - Career growth is supported if you push for it yourself* (see cons for more)

Cons

- Upper management makes poor decisions with no clear direction. It's all politics and poor (or basically no) leadership - Heavy focus on AI products even though there's been plenty of feedback from users that they DON'T LIKE THEM - In-office 5 days/wk with little flexibility. They've eased up on the monitoring, but were treating employees like school children with attendance early on. - Benefits have slowly been getting worse, with premiums going up and the 5 day RTO effectively acting as a pay cut - CTO is extremely toxic (known for improper, unprofessional behavior) - Company-wide attempts to "self-correct" have often gone very poorly - Compensation is kind of low for the DC and NY areas - *Career growth has changed over the years. Requirements have changed and it's now like a constantly moving goalpost - Annual appraisals have also gotten a lot stricter, making chances for a decent raise slim

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