News Corp Reviews

Former Employee – worked at News Corp full-time

Pros – Great benefits, nice people (mostly young families)

Cons – Like any large company that has been around for a long time, some upper management are stagnant and resistant to change. Not all, just some

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

Current Employee – been working at News Corp full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice building, easy to get to location, friendly co-workers

Cons – low wages, no room for growth, understaffed

Advice to Senior Management – training programs needed, fight for good employees to get fair wages

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at News Corp part-time for less than a year

Pros – Few to none.... tHIS COMPANY WITH dIRECtv IS NOT A GOOD eXPERIENCE....

Cons – As reference to their DirecTV account, the initial training is adequate. But then they dump immediately into what they call "nesting", which is live calls with what is very minimal, and inadequate support. If you fail to meet their AHT (Average Handle Times). you are let go. I do not recommend this company under any circumstances...

Advice to Senior Management – Remove your "nesting", and build a side-by_side program with an experienced agent. This will increase your new agent retention by an amazing amount...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at News Corp full-time for more than a year

Pros – Benefits are above industry standards, discretionary bonuses, decent vacation, unlimited sick.

Cons – Micro-Management style, individualism not collaborative, culture of fear and intimidation, lack of resources, no upper mobility. rigid set of standards, refusal to consider different point of view, low employee moral, toxic culture, high turnover, inept people in management positions.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide your upper level management (EVP and Directors) with sensitivity training, management training should be given to those individuals who come into positions without the required supervisory skill set. High turnover should be a red flag and corrective action should be taken. Encourage an open door policy and feedback. Encourage innovation, thinking outside the box and hold everyone accountable for their actions including inept EVP and Directors.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at News Corp full-time

Pros – Very entrepreneurial environment that encourages risk taking.

Cons – Decentralized systems and structure creates inefficiencies

Advice to Senior Management – Find a happy medium between allowing companies the freedom to operate on their own while creating efficiencies for the overall company through better infrastructure and information sharing

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

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – Nice work culture, Good company and location is simply awesome.

Cons – you have to be smart, otherwise you will feel depressing. This is media company, so you need good presence of mind.

Advice to Senior Management – some times they dont treat you well. Its all depend on how much useful you are for them..

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at News Corp

Pros – Professional work environment, decent benefits and holiday pay.

Cons – They bought MySpace for a few hundred million $ more than they should...and there are many more horrible decisions made by the top brass. If only they had better programs for current employees to grow and develop it would be a better place to work instead of having to always bounce from one competitor to another to advance or obtain more rewarding pay. Otherwise the company isn't eager provide salary increases or bonuses that are more typical at other fortune 500 companies.

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – PRO
High per diem rate for independent contracting, good personal support from staff, but that may have to do with a high comfort level with reporting from outside the central office and rarely being embroiled in internal office politics. Turnover gives one a chance to move up. Young, friendly staff.
Billing issues resolved in a good manner that is as efficient as they can be, given that the office I work with has to deal with a central bureaucracy. They want to keep their stringers happy.

Cons – A sclerotic view of institutional change, e.g. expansion, has made it difficult to understand why a 6 billion dollar publicly traded company can't commit to a new news bureau. Artistically, limited change in form of news story. Creative potential not 100% realized.

Advice to Senior Management – Go to bat more to make the news programming more of what you believe in your heart it should be.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at News Corp

Pros – Competitive salary once you are full time and even temping

Cons – Highly demanding work load most of the time

Advice to Senior Management – Training policy could be improved

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – - Great starting sales position
- High Energy
- Family Oriented
- Flexible

Cons – - Cap on bonuses
- Tough to move through management terms

Advice to Senior Management – N/A