Gannett Reviews

Pros

Sense of family; true professionals

Cons

Management isn't always on par; loss of purpose

Pros

My co-workers who became family

Cons

The management who sit in the tower in McLean.

Advice to Senior Management

Make your employees first, instead of the stockholders

Pros

Relative freedom in choosing enterprise topics, great camaraderie among the night staff, relatively affordable and quality benefits, fantastic photography and layout staff. I met a lot of interesting people I wouldn't have otherwise.

Cons

Single and/or childless employees were expected to pick up the slack of the parents, men were treated with more respect than women, hours and workload increases due to layoffs not offset by pay increases.

Pros

They had nice facilities - on site gym, beautiful campus, most employees are friendly and helpful, even some senior level employees

Cons

Very difficult to get promoted. Media inndustry having trouble. Managers getting pulled in too many directions and just not enough resources.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees at the lower levels - they have a better sense of what's happening on the front lines.

Pros

Great management team.
Informative and cutting edge discussions and forums by industry professionals.
This company is inclined towards individual employee's growth.

Cons

The salary could always be more.

Advice to Senior Management

I like the way the company is being run now, there is constant communication between departments, so we are always aware of what is happening.

Pros

Large company - you can do well with a good territory

Cons

If you have a good territory you are fine - but they are not all equal

Pros

It was family oriented at one time. The employees that worked there were like family.

Cons

Management was no good. They only concerned about laying off people so their bonuses would be a good one.

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to understand the feelings of people and not your wallets.

Pros

It's a big company with lots of resources (relative to other outlets), a good attitude toward employees, and an eye toward keeping and promoting young employees.

Cons

The company is making cutbacks throughout its newspaper division, so the future of any reporter within the company feels somewhat uncertain. You just hope if you do a good job, you'll be able to stick around.

Pros

Courier-Post newspaper was an exciting place to work at one time because something was always happening.

Cons

Because of layoffs, everyone worked harder to complete all the jobs. Nothing was eliminated and still had to be done.

Advice to Senior Management

Management should be honest with their employees and stop being secretive. Find out why employees are unhappy after the layoffs.

Pros

It was a salaried and benefited position close to home.

Cons

Furloughs, pay freezes, management favoritism, unprofessional.

Advice to Senior Management

Implement manager training programs.