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The Washington Post

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The Washington Post reviews

3.2

35% would recommend to a friend

(637 total reviews)
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Jeff D’Onofrio

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13% positive business outlook

The Washington Post has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 637 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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637 reviews
1.0
Apr 3, 2019

Not for PoC or Women

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Pros

Looks good on your resume

Cons

This place has an issue retaining people of color and women that they acknowledge but don’t do anything about. Specifically in engineering the senior management and C Suite have created an environment where if you vocalize issues with process (there are tons) you are outcast and pushed out of the company. It is very much an old boys club and unless you’re a white man there is no chance of you rising to any management or upper management position. Of all the teams there, there are maybe 3 good teams with good managers. The rest have terrible managers, there’s no sense of community, leadership or mentorship. There’s no good system to move teams because your ability to move teams is based on your managers review, and if your manager is not good then your chances of going to an internal team are low. This also limits your chance for the very frugal annual raise as well. HR doesn’t properly handle these situations, they have aided in managing out of several PoC and women employees. Since management opportunities only exist for a select few there is a very competitive toxic work environment. Don’t reccomend for anyone jr - mid level. I think this place is only barely doable if you’re super senior and can handle the terrible work environment and have the know how to untangle the mess that is the majority of the code bases. The only culture here is “if you’re silent about your pain they will kill you and say you enjoyed it”.

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The Washington Post Response
7y
Thanks for sharing your experience working at The Washington Post. We take feedback seriously as we work toward being a great place to work for all. We need people from all backgrounds to join The Washington Post to innovate media and technology. We will look into your feedback and would appreciate any additional information you can provide. Feel free to confidentially e-mail us at life@washpost.com.
1.0
Apr 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The company name on your resume

Cons

* Flagrant discrimination. * Major lack of diversity. * Favoritism. * People of color are first in line to be fired/laid off. * Voicing your concerns will cost you your job and HR won't do a single thing. * HR preaches that they take discrimination "Very seriously" but that's a HUGE lie! They will claim to investigate your complaint but you will lose your job and they'll keep the offender. P.S: Watch how they will try to come reply my feedback with something along the line of: " We take feedback very seriously..." blah blah blah. Or "We need people from all backgrounds to join..." blah blah blah. All lies! I have witnessed some really unbelievable things while working there and I can guarantee you that HR do not care one bit about any discrimination

1.0
Jun 2, 2015

Great company, great people but management is a joke

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's an honor to work for such a ground breaking, pulitzer prize winning and historical paper. Work with some amazing people who have incredible hidden talents aside from their 9-5, flexible work life which really helps with balancing home and work. Culture used to be rich and still can be if they bring it back to the way it was before their Community Relations department became non existent.

Cons

Before Bezos, the company was ran by heirs, family and friends of family. Quick to move up unqualified individuals simply because they were sons or daughters of family friends. Quick to cut jobs at the bottom level when the real problem is at the top level. Too many Chiefs and friends of chiefs and no indians. At some point, senior mgmt need to look at themselves to see where improvement is needed. They love to cut the lower end of the totem pole so they can free up more money so they can shower themselves with lavish bonuses or merit increases. Upper mgmt is quite often taking credit for work their team does and receive praises, bonuses, lavish gifts like spa retreats or weekend getaways or expensive electronic gadgets i.e. iPads, Amazon tablet etc and the team receives nothing. Priorities for Upper and Senior Mgmt are all screwed. Very little opportunity for advancement unless you're related or someone in your family are friends with someone in management and senior management. One more thing...advancement should be also based on quality and not popularity which seems to be the norm at The Post.

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The Washington Post Response
9y
Thanks for the review and feedback. We have a commitment toward growth and making The Washington Post a great place to work for all. Leadership/management is something we are focusing on. This year , we launched The Leadership Project, a series of ongoing development opportunities for all leaders across The Post. We’d love to hear more specifics about your feedback. Feel free to e-mail us: life@washpost.com. Thanks again for giving us feedback!
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