ESPN – “The absolute dream company for a sports fanatic. But beware: long hours await...”

Pros

First off, you are surrounded by sports. Secondly, the culture of ESPN is one of innovation and passion. You are urged to think creatively about innovative ways to bring sports media to fans everywhere.

Cons

Because ESPN is so much fun to work for and so driven as a company to provide the absolute best product to the consumers, you end up working an absurd number of hours a week. But if you love what you're doing, who cares?

Advice to Senior Management

Ideas should be collective, specifically with input from groups involved taken into account before officially moving forward. You may think you have the next big thing, but after hearing four or five or twenty reasons why your idea just won't work from other employees you might just save everyone months of development time (and thousands of dollars to boot).