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Daily Racing Form reviews

2.5

18% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Jim Kostas

25% approve of CEO

13% positive business outlook

Daily Racing Form has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Daily Racing Form employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.9 stars).

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30 reviews
1.0
Jan 8, 2019

If You Know Anything About Racing, Don't Apply Here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The remaining few racing-savvy employees are terrific to work with, if marginalized by the executive office. Free coffee Work-from-home opportunities, but at a price.

Cons

Decrepit work space. Open plan for everyone except the executives (who have giant office where conference and break space used to be). No raises, often for years and years on end. Executives get bonuses every year though, handed out in front of the employees. Not a female-friendly environment, unless you are a secretary or a marketing drone. Top-heavy on the executive side, with very few "worker bees" left to carry out the tasks endlessly assigned to them. Management will pull matching 401K funds when they need to pump up their numbers to lure venture capitalists. Ownership turnover from venture-capitalists to venture-capitalists means that management has very little interest in anything other than their own equity shares. Be prepared to work 7 days a week, weekends, holidays, and vacations - without any financial compensation. Monthly, mandatory "pat the executive on the back" meetings that only serve to stir discontent and unhappiness with the actual workers. Think Walmart workers' rallies.

1.0
May 24, 2014

No accountability

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are a few really good people.

Cons

Unfortunately, the good people are surrounded and held back by delusions of managers who don't take responsibility for their decisions. Blame is constantly shifted from former employee to former employee, and management expects the people who've been working there for years to be too dumb to know the truth. There's a reason so many people have voluntarily left the company for other work, and it's not just the money. There's no advancement unless you suck up to management, and those who disagree soon find themselves pushed out the door. What used to be a fun place to work has become an episode of one of those bad reality shows about nightmarish companies with egotistical bosses who are too proud to admit their mistakes so they keep going down the same disastrous path while blaming those who aren't there to defend themselves. Even when advised by employees with the knowledge on which projects or endeavors NOT to undertake, management's ego and bravado would not allow them to heed the advice and put the production of the company in jeopardy several times. Unfortunately I see a day in the near future when for only the second time in the glorious history of the Daily Racing Form they will somehow fail to produce a newspaper. Fortunately for management, the people who take the blame will be long gone.

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