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I have been working at The Washington Post full-time (More than a year)
Pros
The culture has changed a lot in the last year or two on the site side as a software engineer. I am speaking for the site engineering article team specifically with this review. Work/life balance is amazing, there is a great sense of taking ownership, leadership gives us breathing room to make meaningful technical decisions, and the work is very interesting. I haven't had a job this low-stress and interesting in awhile.
Cons
I can't think of any.
Advice to Management
I would recommend to keep improving the culture since we're going in a great direction. Make sure to see the value in how technical decisions can reshape the business (example would be how my team focused on improved site performance which required certain technical decisions to be made and this made a huge impact on the business). There is a lot of flexibility right now with when employees can take time off, time in/out each day, etc. and I would recommend keeping it this way because it really adds a lot to keeping the stress level down and feeling energized.
Application
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at The Washington Post (Washington, DC) in August 2019.
Interview
Not too lengthy and very informative. Did the basic steps for most interviews, phone then face to face. Asked a lot about the interest in the Washington Post as well as previous experience.000
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