New York Times Reviews

Former Employee – worked at New York Times full-time for more than a year

Pros – The place is starved for ideas and even more starved for ideas that can become products. If you have them, they'll take them. And probably ruin them.

Cons – If you are a technical hire, you are working at-will. You can be fired at any time for any reason or no reason at all. My estimate is that ~20% of NYTimes technical hires are let go in semi-regular purges. Those purges are bound to be more frequent as the Times ads business tanks and the company's new product failures pile up.

Advice to Senior Management – The NYTimes is not making progress toward being an innovative tech company. If you think there is progress, it's an illusion, just managers shuffling staff and spinning their wheels.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at New York Times

Pros – Brand name and some interaction with editorial. It looks good on your resume, and you can talk up the work that you've done to make it seem more important.

Cons – Horrible place to work, never come here on the business side. The management is horrible, they promote based on personal feelings and not merit, there's complete favoritism, and management acts like a high school clique. They treat employees very badly, are not supportive of further development unless they personally decide that they like you (but that changes at the drop off a hat). They are racist, also. Nepotism abounds here. Management gets kicks out of restricting little freedoms, like getting breakfast in the morning, or enjoying a lunch with coworkers. They don't like fraternization and friends if they are not a part of it, and thus punish you for it. There isn't enough space to describe how horrid this place is. There is no room for advancement unless you're a personal friend, and "pedigree" has been made to matter, which is disgusting.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the current management, and replace them with brand new people. The ones who are in place now are ridiculously incompetent at managing and are only in it because they've been here for an extended period of time. The management style consists of power trips.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at New York Times

Pros – * Insight into how news is generated at one of the world's most popular papers
* Rub shoulders with news-makers and other minor celebrities
* Free books and access to New York City events and institutions
* Free access to Premium Crossword Puzzles
* Bragging rights (this used to be true, but now people feel sorry for you)

Cons – * Majority of employees are disgruntled and unhappy, making for a poor working environment
* Politics outweighs disciplined thought when making decisions
* Lack of clear management strategy or goals adds to the difficulty in decision making
* Performance is not measured consistently or tied to pay

Advice to Senior Management – Require upper management and those that report to them to create clear, measurable goals and reward them based on meeting those goals. Create a review system which requires that managers be reviewed by their employees, and take that into account before deciding compensation and promotions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at New York Times

Pros – it provides pension in additional to 401k, healthcare, and dental.

Cons – revenue down quarter by quarter, month by month, week by week and day by day. many times layoff and buyout. you always worry if you will be the next to get layoff. You don't get education training.

Advice to Senior Management – get more revenue instead of spending big money in new building and SAP

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend