Media General Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Media General full-time for more than a year

Pros – good experiance in media field

Cons – nothing downside in media fieldq

Advice to Senior Management – no i m not intrested

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Media General

Pros – You get gifts, sick days and a lot of vacation days. very laid back

Cons – The board that controls the company is not the best.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Media General

Pros – Company is still profitable.
Has money to reinvest
Depending on the division you work for there are lots of really smart and talented people working here.
Great Management team.
Lots of change

Cons – Declining business model
Low compensation
Very, very, very corporate. Think "Office Space".

Advice to Senior Management – Keep hiring the good people, and start clearing out the dead wood in your local properties.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Media General

Pros – Support staff, Management who genuinely care about their employees, and growth potential in the digital medium.

Cons – Print industry is in trouble.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Media General

Pros – Colleagues are wonderful, interesting people. Working in same building with TV station WFLA and website TBO.com provides good multimedia experience. Building is in nice location downtown with picture windows overlooking the Hillsborough River.

Cons – Atmosphere a little depressing due to state of newspapers, shrinkage in newsroom staffing and news hole and continued threat of layoffs.

Advice to Senior Management – Management is probably doing everything it can in a difficult situation. It could perhaps do more to let employees know how much they are appreciated.

Former Employee – worked at Media General

Pros – Lhigh number of assets to be competitive in the market

Cons – Too many initiatives and constant change. There is not opportunity to see if the current path is successful before more change is implemented.

Current Employee – been working at Media General

Pros – They have management that are very good and communicate with their employees.

Cons – The media industry is having a hard time and they have had to lay-off people recently.

Advice to Senior Management – It would be nice to see MG look at each business unit individually and make decisions based on their profitability.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Media General

Pros – Helping people in customer service. Good company benefits.

Cons – Working early morning hours at any day.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more positions so that the job is not so stressful.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Media General

Pros – nice location
produced a good news product
great coworkers
new building in a great location
good communication from corp
pay was good

Cons – very aggressive with contracts
advertising dependent, leads to job cuts in lean times
very newspaper focused
requiers lots of paperwork for reporting

Advice to Senior Management – i think management does a good job managing the company. The decline of newspaper circulation has really hurt the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Media General

Pros – Middle-management is supportive and helpful, benefits are good for entry-level work. Facility is clean and well-cared for, town where I work (Lynchburg, Va.) is safe. Newspaper editors have a good grasp of what is relevant to their communities, and care deeply about good work being done.

Cons – There is a sense that the higher-ups are scrambling to deal with the economy's effect on the biz. Plans for progress seem to be shifting. Makes you worry they'll decide next year that your job, what ever it may be, is too expensive, and chop it abruptly. Also, there is so much turnover! People who know what they're doing are leaving or being fired in droves.

Advice to Senior Management – Tell us how you plan to pay for our jobs, in specifics. Too many meetings/memos are full of generalities, like "We will incorporate Twitter into our newsgathering" or "Online sales are the future" without any hard numbers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend