Gannett Reviews

Pros

Clean and attractive work environment, prestige

Cons

Good O' boy attitude, really not interested in innovative ideas, top down management style, compensation inadequate, training and development inadequate, not really committed to diversity

Advice to Senior Management

invest in your shining stars or someone else will

Pros

Talented front line teammates attempt to perform work well under trying conditions while maintaining a positive attitude about the company's future.

Cons

Back-stabbing culture tolerated by management. Micro-managing and lack of input from staff actually performing the work that drives subscribers and page views.

Advice to Senior Management

Far too many controls and rigid rules, handed down from corporate. Give local properties the ability to drive decisions and results internally.

Pros

Job Flexibility, Good People, Okay management

Cons

Unstable employment (furloughs and layoffs)

Pros

Good place to get some experience if you're starting out - they're so short-staffed that you'll work on projects that would be given to people with far more experience elsewhere.

Cons

Management treats employees like dirt. Pay is well below industry standards and they expect employees to do massive amounts of unpaid overtime. The few benefits that exist are systematically being eroded. Everything is about saving money. They wonder why employee turnover is so high - pretty obvious to anyone who has worked there.

Advice to Senior Management

Not much point in offering advice - they don't listen to employees anyway.

Pros

good benefits and 401K. Excellent vacation. Health ins. programs ok.

Cons

70% of company laid off in last 12 or so months due to outsourcing and downsizing.

Advice to Senior Management

Outsourcing was a hugh mistake. Look what it cost you in the long run. Company going under.

Pros

Work was always changing and immediate staff I worked with were good people.

Cons

The property I worked at seemed unprepared to bring its newspaper into current digital technology and keep up with local news. Management was not always helpful in directing its staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Management seemed ill fit for most situations and could benefit from some training in advanced management skills.

Pros

Benefits are wonderful and compensation plan......when followed is also great.

Cons

Management is former salespeople who were good, not necessarily good managers.

Pros

Very interesting work that is ever changing, lots of opportunities to learn, pretty decent amenities onsite, good benefits and employee discounts.

Cons

No longer matters what you know or how good your work is; quality no longer counts. Promotions and salary increases are based on biased favoritism, depending on who you know and kiss up to. Used to be a very friendly place - no more. Very cut throat, cold, sterile environment. Country club atmosphere due to managers not giving a hoot where their employees are during normal business hours. Morale is poor due to layoffs, furloughs, facility services cuts. People who were let go should not have been, whereas people who deserved to go are still there.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop catering and pandering to yourselves and the Board of Directors.

Pros

Employees are overall good people
Benefits
Good Location

Cons

Unless you are an outside rep there is no opportunity to make any money
No leadership, no knowledge of industry.
Everyone is hired because of who they know, not what they know.
Constant change of direction
Don't churn your employees, they are your voices to your customers. You burn your employees you burn relationships.
Training is sub par

Advice to Senior Management

Change commission structure.
Give your employees something valuable to sell then overpriced banner campaigns.
Provide better training. More internal help.
Need veteran leadership, not just someone who came from a good company.

Pros

Great advancement opportunities if you are willing to relocate. And you do not always get to "choose" the place you go. Sometimes it's an opportunity you "can't refuse".

Cons

You may have to move to an undesirable place to advance your career. Can be very stressful at times to get things done.

Advice to Senior Management

Really none to share. I had great opportunities to advance with significant training. Continue to look for talent and promote.