Over the last few years AP has deteriorated from a place most reporters want to work to a place most want to get out of.
Pros
The so-called prestige to at AP looks good on your resume. Plus, you'll work so hard for a company that is now stretched so thin, you'll especially love your next job.
Cons
It's frankly now just a horrible place to work. Work loads are excessive, the company is so broke its only strategy seems to be to put more pressure on its reporters. Reporters have been leaving the company in droves for the last couple of years, with few if any replacements. Meanwhile, according to the president of the union that represents AP reporters, three recent firings "appear to be aimed at driving fear into the hearts of reporters." And, if that's not enough, the current contract talks are probably the nastiest they've ever been, with staffers facing a virtual pay cut with a tiny salary increase, but with huge increases in health care payments.
