Dow Jones Reviews

Pros

good products, ethical company, lots of opportunity

Cons

tough business these days especially on print side

Advice to Senior Management

need to make some synergistic acquisitions or joint ventures

Pros

Excellent benefits, good pay, mainly attributable to union representation of editorial staff
Opportunity to work with talented journalists
Company enjoys public prestige, especially it the financial-services industry, though ownership by the Murdoch-led News Corp. has tarnished its image

Cons

Management plays favorites with promotions, advancement
Expectation is that employees will "know their place" and defer to superiors
Company disregards the value of staff development and has no structure or programs to address it
Various business units -- Newswires, Wall Street Journal/WSJ.com, MarketWatch -- are operationally segregated, which is foolish in an era of convergence

Advice to Senior Management

Start recognizing the value of your people and treat them in line with the recognition that they're the reason for Dow Jones' profitability, not incidental to it. Your digital competitors are beating you. Wonder why?

Pros

Many of the staff are very friendly.
Good benefits
Not a culture that works overtime (non-NYC office)
Esteemed company
Business is stable

Cons

Senior Management is inconsistent in decision making process
Unnecessary overreactions to very senior management suggestions
Lack of growth potential
Technology inside the company is not up to date and/or completely inadequate.

Advice to Senior Management

There needs to be reasonable expectations set around projects and requests. Too much value is placed on importance of titles and power instead of skill set and working knowledge.

Pros

Great workplace camaraderie between peers. Good company name to have on resume. Good place to start a career right out of college. Good benefits.

Cons

Lack of communications from management; too hands off approach. Very monotonous job, sometimes even requiring no brain power whatsoever. Very minimal team building activities.

Advice to Senior Management

Increase cross-over training among teams. Improve department's team building. Managers should meet weekly with team members, not just quarterly for an all department meeting.

Pros

good work life balance. if you are in a growth field within the company you get good pay and good work support. good working environment and good health insuranace.

Cons

lack of promotion. if in a bad team you may have no work to do for a long time.

Advice to Senior Management

quicker promotion process to retain talents

Pros

- Great medical benefits and 401K options
- work/life balance
- solid vacation packages
- incredible brand

Cons

- Dow Jones does not do ANYTHING to retain employees
- Lack of incentive to grow within company
- Complete lack of leadership skills at mid-manament level
- Cronyism - unprofessional favoratism when hiring employees
- Lack of training throughout the organization

Pros

Decent Pay and Benefits, Holidays

Cons

Uncertainty, bad management, inaction, not enough feedback

Advice to Senior Management

More communication with staff. Show appreciation for work done.
Hire competent staff. Internal Promotion when clearly possible.
Too much uncertainty

Pros

-Excellent Benefits
-Big company with lots of job options

Cons

-Company has been horribly run post Newscorp take over
-Lacks consistent direction
-Lacks job security
-Still suffering from the 2008 financial crisis
-Throw everything at the wall approach to everything

Advice to Senior Management

Take a step back and decide on a consistent message and direction.

Pros

Amazing Office setting
Great Location
Knowledgable piers
Gym Discounts
Improving my I.T competencies such as excel, datawarehouse and access.

Cons

Unstructured
Offend left for hours without work to do

Pros

Name recognition, Access to premium news and financial information.

Cons

Low pay, slow employee development & promotion.

Advice to Senior Management

Establish clearer career paths for incoming talents, and reward accordingly.