Guardian News & Media Reviews

Pros

great company, values and wonderful people

Cons

there is nothing bad i can say!

Pros

It's so true I'll say is twice. The people are amazing. Very good work/life balance Managers are very understanding when it comes to personal problems

Cons

Bonus structure was always very complicated and difficult to achieve at times due to the many layers it was made up of (some of those things being out of your control) Due to the fact it is a huge nearly 200 year old organisation it can be very stuck in it's ways when it comes to processes and implementing new ideas Personal progress was always very slow and promotions were hard to come by

Pros

Prestige, freedom to coast for years on end if you wish.

Cons

No progression except for a few selected people. Classist. Poorly motivated staff. No training. Very poor management. Kath took over with no vision for what to do with the Guardian so has allowed the finance teams to take over and gut the place of talent.

Pros

Wonderful collegues, better work/life balance

Cons

lots of meetings, business direction something not very confusing

Pros

There is a strong culture of mentoring, teaching, and sharing knowledge throughout the department. There is plenty of opportunity to work across the whole stack, frontend, backend, dev-ops, data engineering and teams are largely cross functional where there is resource for it. Hours are flexible - you will generally be left to manage your own time and won't be micromanaged on this front. Depending on the product, there is the opportunity to work closely with other functions within the business such as journalism and marketing.

Cons

Because the tech stack is so established, there isn't so much of a need to get your hands dirty with dev ops / deployments. This could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what you are after. The process for prioritising work wasn't that smooth - OKRs and planning often overran and weren't totally embedded in the teams that were doing the work.