Dow Jones Reviews

Pros

It was a good company, good salary, excellent benefits, big name, good for career start, nice people and competent managers

Cons

Only name left from the good company Dow Jones. Everything is going to be outsource, constant lay off, no job security any more

Advice to Senior Management

some advice or feedback to the leadership at Dow Jones - look at your employee and theire work done before outsourcing jobs!!!!!!!

Pros

Big name company, it is a great place to start your career. The company has good benefit package and flexible work schedule

Cons

The last five years there are constant budget cuts, company outsource a lot of jobs, prefers to hire consultants instead of permanent employees

Advice to Senior Management

Advice to Management - praise your current employees for their job, do not look for a cheap job force abroad

Pros

Dow Jones was up-to-date with using the lastest technology. It was the best part of the job to be knowledgable.

Cons

I did not like my experience when I was laid off. When I cleaned out my desk it was not a pleasant experience.

Pros

Benefits, pay, child care on site, gym on site, nice people for the most part

Cons

Broken organization, Poor communication, No vision and No plan - Stuck in the 1980s and they don't care.

Advice to Senior Management

What is your plan? You need to communicate it to the employees

Pros

great experience for grad schl

Cons

worst pay ever do not go there if you are looking for money

Advice to Senior Management

communication with employees

Pros

The people are fun and seem to love their job. Not a bunch of politics and back stabbing. Management sets achievable goals based on what they expect your department to perform, and you're assessed based on your performance in meeting the group's goals.

Cons

Afternoons can get long some days and you may find yourself staring at the clock. A lot of people in their 20's and 30's, which can be a good thing too.

Advice to Senior Management

Get the Commodity Quay elevator fixed! I know it's not Dow Jones responsibility, but it really is a hassle every day riding in them.

Pros

Dow Jones has got a great brand, products and customers.
There is plenty of work to do for high achieving people.

Cons

Executive Leadership has no interest or understanding of the Enterprise Business.
Promotion is based on a culture of those who kiss up move up.
Huge mistakes are tolerated and those who make them stay in charge.
The line level people who work hard, enable incompetent managers to stay on.
Too many good people have left or been eliminated for Dow Jones to have a culture independent of News Corp.

Advice to Senior Management

If you don't want the enterprise business then sell it while it's worth something.

Pros

Dow was filled with many people who really cared about your needs in addition to that they were very friendly.

Cons

The food in the cafeteria was quit expensive. Also, communication amongst departments was terrible because everyone was to busy to listen.

Advice to Senior Management

I would recommend more transparency between departments so that work was done more efficiently. I feel that that is what most time was wasted on

Pros

Dow Jones is a good place to work, the benefits and work environment were great.

Cons

Dow Jones laid me off in 2009, so I am obviously bitter about that. I noticed that they recently reposted the job that I was in, but never called me, so I guess I wasn't good enough for them. Oh well.

Pros

Great benefits, great name brand, some very strong middle-managers.

Cons

Constant flux over the last 3 years, salary freeze, understaffed.