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Pros
"work life balance and progression" (in 53 reviews)
"Great work like balance, good benefits and flexibility to work from home or at other offices when traveling" (in 52 reviews)
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"Upper management has no idea about what goes on or maybe they just don't care" (in 22 reviews)
"Low pay, limited upward movement" (in 11 reviews)
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"Pleasantly Surprised, Changing for the Better"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
For an organization as large and old as Dow Jones, I have been pleasantly surprised by this company's ability to innovate and adapt to a rapidly changing media landscape. The people are smart, the leadership is strong, and the product is best-in-class.
There are many brilliant people at this company – journalists, technologists, business people, designers, marketers, and more. Most of the people I've met have been easy to work with and care about the product / quality journalism. I truly believe the work happening at this company is impacting the world in a positive way.
While the outlook for print media is poor, the result is a workplace full of opportunity and genuinely interested in your contributions. New ideas and approaches are encouraged and are given a chance to succeed. In my three years here, I feel I've been able to make a huge impact on the business and have seen tangible results. That's pretty exiting!
The office may not be the newest (although there's IS an amazing new gym), the perks may not be the flashiest, and the brand may seem a little dated, but there are good things happening at this company. You'll get to wear many hats and grow your career in the process.Cons
The culture here is lacking. The people are great, but there are no opportunities to interact or meet employees outside of your direct team. That's a management problem, not a people problem.
Example: there has never been a real holiday party (or any celebration whatsoever in my 3 year tenure). That may sound whiny, but these sort of events are crucial to morale and employee happiness. How else will a technologist cross paths with an editor? They won't because this place is huge! It's a shame because that sort of mingling between departments is what would lead to ideas that would help this company thrive.
The office could also use a makeover. There are almost zero communal spaces, leading to a generally insular feeling around the workplace.Advice to Management
Times may be tough, but small investments in culture will pay huge dividends.
Dow Jones 2018-01-09 15:49 PST ![Dow Jones Logo]()
"Very good"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Good culture, good campus,free coffee, humongous cafeteria
Cons
Collaboration, lack of team effort
Advice to Management
More collaboration
Dow Jones 2018-08-28 23:00 PDT![Dow Jones Logo]()
"Awesome place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Benefits and the people
Cons
long commute no others really
Advice to Management
Keep up the fabulous work!!!!
Dow Jones 2018-08-06 12:27 PDT![Dow Jones Logo]()
"Senior Ad Operations"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Dow Jones full-time
Pros
- Rich history and solid brand with Wall Street Journal
- Exposure to various business units and producs
- Small company (in terms of # of employees) but big company benefits and brand recognitionCons
- Due to the nature of media & ad industry the company is trying to find its value prop and compete with more nimble and innovative firms -- layoffs are unfortunately rampant
- Top down passive aggressive culture that is driven by a few toxic executives who have not adjusted management style for the new generation of workersAdvice to Management
Focus on long term employee and brand growth
Dow Jones 2018-08-10 09:52 PDT![Dow Jones Logo]()
"Sales"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones full-time
Pros
- Flexibility with schedule
- No micro-management if your numbers are good
- Very friendly community
- Great benefitsCons
- Union makes it difficult to turnover poor performing/lazy sales people.
Dow Jones 2018-07-24 11:01 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Going through restructuring"
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I worked at Dow Jones part-time
Pros
The pay and benefits were good. Like most media jobs, there was discouragement from taking your time off. The office is comfortable, coworkers are smart.
Cons
Communication channels were the strangest I have ever worked with. The right wing bias is difficult to take sometimes.
Dow Jones 2018-07-09 06:27 PDTHelpful (1)
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"FP&A"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones full-time
Pros
Exposure to senior management, hand on approach within the FP&A
Cons
Limited room for growth and development outside your function
Dow Jones 2018-07-08 14:05 PDT![Dow Jones Logo]()
"Software Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones full-time
Pros
It has been a great experience till now.
Cons
I don't find any cons!
Dow Jones 2018-06-19 08:20 PDT![Dow Jones Logo]()
"Great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones (More than 5 years)
Pros
Good progress being made in tech and data - housing the Wall Street Journal, the most trusted media brand in the U.S.
Cons
Can be a bit clunky - but lots of change happening
Advice to Management
Keep going, keep changing, keep communicating!
Dow Jones 2018-06-14 08:34 PDTHelpful (6)
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"Manager"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Dow Jones full-time
Pros
Excellent vacation and co workers
Cons
IF you are one of the liked ones you will succeed. If you are of any color don't anticipate any growth within the company
Advice to Management
Stop being racist and learn that people are equal.
Dow Jones 2018-06-12 13:06 PDT
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