Tribune Company Reviews in Chicago, IL Area

Pros

Quality work with high local profile.
Good company name recognition.
Creative yet business environment with many talented professionals.
Diverse work and projects keep things fresh.

Cons

Poor pay and little room for negotiation.
They underestimate the amount of work it takes to complete projects which results in many over worked and over stressed employees.
Too much time spent on CYA work makes doing the actual job difficult.

Advice to Senior Management

Needs a middle-senior management overhaul to fix the environment. Too many people are scared to lose their jobs and looking over their shoulder, rather than focus on doing a quality job.

Pros

Certain management and front line employees are diamonds in the rough at this company and are trying to navigate it to profitability in a dying industry

Cons

Previous leadership under the Zell cronies led to a complete mess and created a very unstable environment at the once reputable Tribune company

Advice to Senior Management

Clean house with old cronies, promote from within and try some drastic to be leader in transforming the media business.

Pros

Location in Chicago, IL
Journalistic integrity that focuses on civic watchdog role
Strong distribution network
Market share in Chicago, IL
History of company

Cons

Newspapers industry is down across the board
Limited to no resources due to expense pressure
Eternal Bankruptcy that keeps going

Advice to Senior Management

Complete the bankruptcy and embark on a strategy as we need closure. In a challenging industry, figure out how to get rewarded for content

Pros

Friendly co workers, nice benefits package, great downtown location and building includes a gym, cafeteria, etc. Looks good on your resume.

Cons

-Very low hourly pay for the mundane and monotonous work
-Some managers lack management skills
-Rewarded very little for hard work
-Management dangles promotions in order to keep you from moving to a different company

Advice to Senior Management

Don't say it is a salary position when it is really hourly
Higher rewards or commissions for the "small" workers in company

Pros

Great location, multiple media outlets, (TV, radio, and newspaper), great benefits, and loyal people to work with.

Cons

Most high end positions were held by people that were with the company for a long time. So, advancement there was impossible unless you knew the right person. But you could work on some great projects.

Advice to Senior Management

People should be encouraged to work in different areas of the company.

Pros

People are great and friendly
Hours

Cons

Boring at times because the work are not that interesting

Pros

Excellent company offering an outstanding professional experience with plenty of educational and professional growth opportunities. Gold standard communication co/newspaper publisher.

Cons

Incredible pressure to improve revenue performance in a downward spiral within the industry. Bankrupcy and poor economy complicate outcomes.

Advice to Senior Management

Downsize management; be honest with employees; improve communication. Enable reps to focus on sales; eliminate distractions.

Pros

Well-established name, involvement in many different types of media.

Cons

Large corporation, so learn how to network.

Pros

Flexible hours (sort of. Come in whenever you want)
Super casual dress code
Lots of technology
No real expectations on performance

Cons

Company still doesn't know what it wants to be
Lots of terrible management decisions to support employees
No idea of where they're going or how to get there

Advice to Senior Management

I think they just need to sit down and decide where they're going. And remove all the existing policies, procedures, etc. and start from scratch.

Pros

Very friendly and fun environment to work in. Tribune promotes creative and out of the box thinking so you have plenty of opportunity to learn new technologies and apply them given the project timeline permits

Cons

Constant change in organizational structure and direction is a bit daunting. The vision for success is constantly shifting with unreasonable deadlines put on the shoulders of engineers to deliver the vision without much vetting.