Time Reviews

Pros

work life balance was right on.

Cons

pay could have been higher for a very profitable company.

Advice to Senior Management

step it up

Pros

The benefits are great and its a stable company (for now)

Cons

Its a large organization and people get lost in the shuffle. In their desire to make the bottom line look good, organizational changes can cut off a persons career path

Advice to Senior Management

Think long and hard about organizational changes and what its means for the employees in the lower levels, not just executives

Pros

has very good benefits package, pleasant environment, low pressure, large company with many resources all around, plentiful vacation allowance and flex time

Cons

overall a low compensation package, little room for advancement once you reach a mid level position, people kinda boring in general

Advice to Senior Management

look for more change at all levels. many decisions happen do to financial reasoning, look at the the core proposition of of publishing, look digital

Pros

Good products, nice people, great brands.

Cons

Endless downsizing, fear focused now.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop the fear cycle.

Pros

Easygoing, relaxed place to work in many areas.
Long-time employees respected.
Great midtown headquarters location.
Free magazines
Relatively good benefits, up until recently

Cons

Abysmal morale - everyone in fear of the next inevitable wave of layoffs
Incompetent senior and upper management
Terrible communication on corporate direction - most likely since there is no direction
High turnover as people bail from a dying company
Rapidly eroding benefits
Only sycophants and buddies in the "in-crowd" get promoted

Advice to Senior Management

Quit or retire. You represent the worst of the old school. Narcissistic chief executives filled with hubris, business-as-usual models avoiding embrace of the internet, cutting employees so that the remaining keep their bonuses is a terrible way to run a company. Get out of the way of the future and let someone else with a vision and passion help rescue the company.