Meredith Corporation Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Meredith Corporation full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Pay scale is competitive
Good work/life balance

Cons – Life-timers run the place.
A low promotion ceiling for art and edit staff.
Bottom-line is the only measure of success.

Advice to Senior Management – Move on from the mindless/spineless 50's era management style.
Do something because it's the right thing to do rather then what you have been told to do.
Stop letting the CEO control your life. We know you really don't want to fire your friends!

Former Employee – worked at Meredith Corporation

Pros – Good benefits, very comfortable pay range, beautiful building with interesting history.

Cons – Employees are not appreciated and overworked. Hiring and promotions are based on educational level; work experience is not taken into consideration. Poor training, lack of communication between managerial personnel and subordinates. Management is more interested in office politics rather than in leadership and guidance. Employee's initiative is punishable.

Advice to Senior Management – None

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Meredith Corporation

Pros – - Recognized and respected brands/titles
- Willingness to share information internally among publications
- Strong online presence and team
- Many motivated and talented salespeople

Cons – - Low tolerance for those not fitting a conservative coporate social/religious "template"
- Corporate sales and contracts benefit the company but leave individual magazine sales teams feeling superfluous at times
- Clique-ish environment at upper management levels and within corporate sales
- H.R. department is serious issues with maintaining confidentiality

Advice to Senior Management – Bring your mindsets forward from the 1950's and 1960's and be more accepting of cultural and other diversity. Get rid of the old boy's network mentality.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend