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      3.8

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (96 total reviews)
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      Jim Lanzone

      55% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

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      4.3

      Compensation and benefits

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Senior management

      CNET has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 96 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CNET employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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      96 reviews
      2.0
      Sep 20, 2022

      E-commerce Over Journalism After Red Ventures Acquisition

      Channel manager
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      Pros

      Exciting opportunities to try new technologies. Great coworkers, benefits, and flexible schedules.

      Cons

      New owners drastically changed business goals, hired lots of new employees last year, then began laying off more experienced ones in advance of executive bonuses. Many other talented staff members have left since. Management sets uninformed and unrealistic expectations for performance while reducing resources. The company also wastes a lot of time with too many all-hands and professional development meetings that are unrelated to specific positions (I counted 8 hours total for one week).

      1.0
      Aug 24, 2022

      Deteriorating quickly

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      Pros

      The people at CNET are mostly kind and helpful.

      Cons

      Editorial standards have dropped precipitously since CNET was purchased by Red Ventures. Focus is now almost entirely on best lists, which are increasingly written without any testing to support them. Constant layoffs and employee-blaming. Long term authority being neglected in service of short term profits. Constantly spoke of diversity and inclusion, while laying off the entire Spanish language staff and minority writers/hosts, seemingly because their salaries were higher than the new straight-from-college hires.

      2.0
      Aug 22, 2008

      Are you a woman? Don't expect to get anywhere.

      Section editor
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      Pros

      The insurance was quite good (Blue Cross), with vision coverage included. Employees also got a week off over the holidays regardless of vacation hour status.

      Cons

      Definite split between the way men and women were treated in the Louisville, Ky. office. Men (and the occasional female "guy") got promotions constantly, but women who had been there years constantly were overlooked. If there was a private office, it belonged to a male.

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