Gannett Employee Reviews about "newspaper"

Pros

Love the people and the daily challenge of producing a quality newspaper and all of the commercial work. I miss working with my Director/Manager and all of the staff at GPS Palm Springs.

Cons

I worked 42 years and would have loved to work more, But it was time to retire.

Pros

Interesting industry. Over 100 locaitons to move to.

Cons

Industry on the downside. It's a classic top-down management style. Top management is extremely country club. It's a culture there they are used to treating people similar to the respect they give their newspaper delivery carrriers. The top 10% of performers are identified for promotion, the rest can be invisible.

Pros

Visionary leadership moved Gannett into digital realms faster than other newspaper companies Slow to hire, but also slow to lay off (usually) Not bankrupt

Cons

Dysfunctional corporate culture often pits manager against manager Innovation from the ground up is discouraged Large, overly bureaucratic organization Poor communication at all levels

Pros

Courier-Post newspaper was an exciting place to work at one time because something was always happening.

Cons

Because of layoffs, everyone worked harder to complete all the jobs. Nothing was eliminated and still had to be done.

Pros

If you like hte news and newspaper culture than Gannett is a good place. I always had support from upper level management for mindshare.

Cons

The problem with the company in general is that everyone feels that the industry is dying and no one has seen plans from management to turn the trend.

Pros

Even though the newspaper business is struggling right now, the company is trying new strategies to make itself relevant to the readers. Right now there is a lot of opportunity to try new things.

Cons

Communication from corporate and upper management frequently is spotty and inadequate. Also, cost-cutting measures have left staff levels barely adequate. There is little respect for the traditional job of newspapers acting as watchdogs on government.

Pros

Gannett’s Treasure Coast Newspapers is situated in a great news region.

Cons

Treasure Coast Newspapers is poorly managed and two of the editors are disrespectful and demean employees publicly in front of the rest of the newsroom. They sow division among the different teams, demean news reporters in front of other employees, and plain out bully valuable, hardworking reporters. They openly show how little they value employees and deny them well-earned growth opportunities.

Pros

There were some nice people. Had a lot of laughs with my co-workers and I don't think I would have survived without that.

Cons

So many cons. Benefits were shockingly bad. Pay was poor. Raises were poor. Management was horrible (Google 'Gannett everything is awesome'). Office was horrible (open environment, zero privacy. You are literally sitting right next to your co-workers). Work was brutal. No chance of success at all because you are in the newspaper industry. Just depressing and miserable. I joined a department of 7 and by the time I left one year later 6 of them had resigned.

Pros

Newspapers provide a vital community service and the staff is generally committed to that mission. The company is profitable in an industry where bankruptcies are common.

Cons

Senior management lurches from one plan to another in search of a free lunch. It rarely gives plans time to unfold and develop and solves its short attention span approach with layoffs, that provide short-term profits but have eroded the local news franchise.

Pros

It was nice to work at a Newspaper.

Cons

Pay was low, no benefits