Wall Street Journal Reviews
72% would recommend to a friend
(272 total reviews)
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Updated Oct 16, 2023
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- 4.0Oct 16, 2023Project ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearHong Kong
Pros
Great mobility opportunities within the organization, lovely people to work with, diverse range of people to learn from, decent benefits, great work/life balance.
Cons
As with any large corporation, lots of red tape and office politics to navigate.
- 4.0Sep 2, 2023Paper TechnicianFormer Employee, more than 5 yearsFederal Way, WA
Pros
Quality co-workers; consistent same work; good benefits; good pay
Cons
management sometimes was challenging to work with; WorldCom purchase wasn't good for WSJ
- 3.0Oct 10, 2023Online News EditorFormer Employee
Pros
Many plusses depending on where you worked.
Cons
It had cons just the same as any company.
- 3.0Oct 6, 2023Research AnalystFormer EmployeeNew York, NY
Pros
- Great immediate team and management - Good benefits
Cons
- Upper management doesn't really care about their employees - Poor communication
- 4.0Aug 30, 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Good people and interesting projects
Cons
Not much negative, people were nice
- 5.0Aug 13, 2023EditorFormer Employee, more than 8 yearsNew York, NY
Pros
Working with some of the best minds in the journalism business
Cons
The downsides are relatively minor.
- 3.0Jul 27, 2023Associate Video JournalistFormer Employee, less than 1 yearNew York, NY
Pros
Great Benefits Package Good Salary for the Industry Down to earth and supportive colleagues
Cons
Video management did not seem to know what the day to day of a video producers work looked like Arbitrary monthly video quotas Expectation to work overtime without paying overtime No room for any error Many employees overworked
- 5.0Jun 7, 2023Associate Client PartnerCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsNew York, NY
Pros
Amazing company to work for with a great work/life balance. We are required to be in the office 3 days a week of as June 20th, 2023.
Cons
Compensation could be better. Once you get to a senior level role it's a bit harder to get promoted.
- 4.0Jun 22, 2023ReporterCurrent Employee
Pros
colleagues are nice, overall is good
Cons
legacy issue, promote will be slow
- 5.0Jun 1, 2023Video Production AssistantCurrent EmployeeNew York, NY
Pros
Excellent people. Managers want you to succeed and thrive in the organization.
Cons
Often the the workload is intense.
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Wall Street Journal has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 322 reviews left anonymously by employees. 72% of employees would recommend working at Wall Street Journal to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.
72% of Wall Street Journal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Wall Street Journal 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Wall Street Journal to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, management.
