Clueless Middle Management - Anonymous employee Hearst Employee Review

It was a great place to work at one time (pre tower). Editorial /Production middle management is completely clueless as to the daily operation and the strengths and pitfalls of the magazines they are suppose to support. While the editorial workflow looks good on paper, the execution is poor due to insufficient training, a lack of enforcement of basic procedure and management’s ignorance that there is even a problem. I have never seen an operation that was run so haphazardly. Advancement within the company has more to do with personal relationships rather than achievement. Employees who offer concerns or insight are often ignored or worse put their jobs at risk. For hours worked exceding 40 in a given week there is no overtime pay for many, which depending on the individual employee may or may not be in violation of the FSLA which generaly states that exempt employees must meet certain conditions to be considered exempt. Salaried employees are not excluded from protection under this act. Management has scaled back the workforce in some very labor intensive areas while others who are underwhelmed fly under the radar. I will agree with another reviewer that there are several very toxic people in middle management with questionable ethics that need to go.