CBS Corp Reviews

Pros

It is a recognized name in the industry. It is a large company.

Cons

No information sharing. Job bore no resemblance to advertised description.

Pros

Good Brand Name to have on resume
Good Benefits such as 401K, Medical, Dental, and Vision
Salary about average with market

Cons

No room for Advancement
Raises, if given, are below average
Their idea of work/life balance is being available 24/7.
Employees are treated like commodities, easily replaced or job sent overseas
Management is a bunch of Yes men
Lots of Back Stabbing and political manuevering

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage technical and professional development of employees.
Take advantage of employee competencies.
Hold your managers accountable for their teams' performance and give them and their teams the tools they need to do the job.

Pros

Hands-on learning with lots of support and no micro-management.

Cons

Communications can sometimes be a problem-but that is common in every job.

Advice to Senior Management

May be a little more structure, but not too much as to stifle learning.

Pros

The station I work at is a fun place to work. It can be fast paced and exciting at times, and the show I often work on allows and encourages creativity.

Cons

The hours are not fun. I get out of bed at 3:00 am most days. But that's life when you work on an early morning news show.

Advice to Senior Management

Low-level management here sometimes plays favorites and makes it plainly obvious. Some people get away with not working as hard as others and never get called on it by their supervisors.

Pros

Media Industry..... Number 1 in the ratings. Very sharp and bright people to work with. Exciting during the up-front process

Cons

Minimal lack of cooperation among departments...... Network, Sports, News, Entertainment, Stations. All are run separately with no desires to work together. Many opportunites for cost savings could have been had. Too bad!

Advice to Senior Management

There is a lot of talent in the middle management layers, but there needs to be a way to develop that to run the company in the future. Lots of leftover attitudes from the Westinghouse culture.

Pros

Good Benefits for all employees

Cons

Poor Upper Management Poor forward thinking

Advice to Senior Management

Suggest that Upper management think about ritrement

Pros

It was great to learn media selling and the industry. It incorporated a lot of knowledge and although my time was short, it was a great place to work.

Cons

No real cons, benefits were good, working environment was good.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to diversify advertising income to get away from the automotive industry and prevent reliance on one industry.

Pros

Collegial , people oriented culture below the VP level - Work life balace is good

Cons

Lack of career path, executive management, penny-wise and pound foolish. Lack of incentive compensation below the VP level.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest more in employee development and incentives based compensation. Need a clear strategic direction

Pros

The healthcare package is good.

Cons

Management does not take suggestions from lower staff on ways to improve efficiency.
There really is no room for growth in the company. Many people stay in their positions for many years and there are not alot of openings.

Advice to Senior Management

Development younger staff so that they have more desire to stay with the company.

Pros

one of the best known brands in the world.
excellent tv and internet properties.
there are many people who have worked at cbs for many years seems to be stable even with weaker stock price

Cons

poor internal communication.
they need to be much more progressive
innovate innovate innovate - they do not

Advice to Senior Management

innovate innovate innovate