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Associated Press reviews

3.8

61% would recommend to a friend

(335 total reviews)
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64% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Associated Press has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 335 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Associated Press employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Médias et communication industry (3.7 stars).

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335 reviews
3.0
Sep 1, 2015

An old company run by old people...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A great pedigree and history do lend a certain weight to business opportunities and conversations. The benefits are awesome and if you can find the right corner to work in, the environment is very laidback and casual.

Cons

The company as a whole has no clue how to adapt to the changing climate of news. The board and executives are constantly behind the times in changing to meet the needs of today's news organizations. They have no idea how to manage or run any of their more technical or software-related divisions.

4.0
Apr 19, 2015

QA Test Engineer

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Pros

Fast paced working environment, the people are great to work with (well, most of them), Good pay and cutting edge technology. Good vacation time, personal time and birthday days off, 401K matching is decent.

Cons

For a news agency, internal/departmental communication is lacking. Long work hours and most times is a thankless position to be in. Promotion from within is practically non-existent. Health benefits are poor; minimal at best (pay a lot for little return). You'll get worked to death with very little payback. When done, you'll be thrown away without being given a second thought. WAY too many cooks in the kitchen.

2.0
Jun 4, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good company to have on your CV & good if you like be worked hard & pushed to your limits just for the experience. That is it!

Cons

Really work you like a slave, hardly any progression, management is all a bit scrambled, most senior managers are all stuck up! Treat employees like crap, a lot of people have been their for decades. Hardly anyone talks to each other, Finance is full of miserable sobs! All the decent people escape in good time. You have the place full of secret spy's, people who are clerical & who have been in those jobs for ages think they run the place, do as I say & not as I do mentality! Stingy budgets for a company who is meant to be a big player, use technology so old that you would almost think it is from a dinosaur age! Not much more to say, but you get the point, crap place to work. Full of rude people.

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