CBS Interactive Reviews

Pros

Good colleagues who provide a supportive environment; Informal environment which makes the work fun; Pay above average compared to the industry average

Cons

Poor career advancement with little, if any, professional training programs; moving to overseas office hard if you are not in the sales team

Advice to Senior Management

The overall compensation package should be reviewed and employees should be given more professional training to improve their work performance.

Pros

flexibility with hours, interactivity with others

Cons

needs improvement on decision making of new products

Pros

great way to learn the ropes about the advertising industry

Cons

a lot of competition, non communicative upper mgt and a lot of bureaucracy

Advice to Senior Management

give your employees incentives to perform and opportunities to grow and develop within the company. pay is way below industry standard.

Pros

CBS in a very stable company with a great brand. The offices are nice and people seem generally happy to come in to the office. Most of the people I work with are great

Cons

Too much political BS and red tape lead to some questionable business decisions. Many people just work to impress those above them and kiss ass, instead of trying to make good business decisions. Also, CBSi is known around the industry as a low paying company

Advice to Senior Management

Pay your employees some more and do what you can to eliminate all of the unnecessary layers of red tape

Pros

Good benefits, great work environment.

Cons

Salary is sub par compared to similar Bay Area jobs.

Advice to Senior Management

None.

Pros

I was in the international part (ex-US) of CBS Interactive and it's pretty good (compared to what I heard it's like in the US).

Cons

Senior management still has a "the US is the universe" point of view. Get over it!

Advice to Senior Management

The world is a much larger oyster than the US. Be more interested in it!

Pros

* Fun collegiate environment
* Great team atmosphere
* Frequent travel
* Great benefits

Cons

* Lots of hours, there are always games from September to June
* Tough economy to sell athletic corporate partnerships

Advice to Senior Management

* Management needs to be a little bit more involved in helping it's sellers close accounts.

Pros

A great diversity of products/sites. Very bright and talented people.

Cons

Little attention paid to retention and career development at the Director level. Fora creative, this is the end of the road at CBS Interactive.

Advice to Senior Management

Not alot of innovation taking place here. More about protecting existing revenue and acquisition. This needs to change to attract and retain top talent.

Pros

The work environment still has remnants of when it was a startup company. With a young and casual atmosphere comes happy hours (every third Thursday is on the company) and fun inter office activities. CBS has many subsidiaries so you could potentially (though maybe not easily) try something new.

Cons

There isn't too much opportunity for growth. It's a big company but while I was there, it seemed like they hired more from the outside than they did from within. Also, it is hard to move around within the company (into other websites and mediums).

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to your employees about future career opportunities and allow them to explore other parts of the company. This can be enhanced by heightened communication with other departments/branches of the company.

Pros

great responsive co-wrokers; modern building; good location easily accessible by public transit; big name; decent benefits

Cons

poor communication among teams and from the management; little room for growth; salaries are not competitive

Advice to Senior Management

establish clear goals early in the year; provide better communication and feedback; invest in keeping and developing existing employees; fix HR and accounting departments (no one seems to be accountable for anything there)