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      3.6

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (1,031 total reviews)
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      Jeff Zucker

      33% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

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      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      CNN has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,031 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CNN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Médias et communication industry (3.9 stars).

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      1K reviews
      2.0
      Feb 15, 2022

      Riven with politics

      Journalist/reporter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A large, very influential market player with a global reach, and it's absolutely great to get that experience then move on to an organization that shoots straighter. Fantastic benefits and vacation packages. Nice, competent colleagues. Pay is awful at first but good if you advance.

      Cons

      Politics. The organization runs on national partisan politics, internal race-gender politics, including - or perhaps now predominantly - reverse discrimination politics, and clubby internal politics, often based on ethnic background. It's a mess. News is generally still high quality but comes second to political polemics.

      5.0
      Feb 6, 2022

      Great Company

      Writer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      CNN is a great company. I basically grew up working here as I started soon after graduating from college. The company invest in its employees, presumably so they can retain them. There were tons of perks: a gym in the building, health programs (they paid for you to train for and do a triathlon), company 5ks, free FitBits, free tickets to sports events, discounted tickets to various Atlanta spots like Botanical Gardens or High Museum of Art, tons of PTO.

      Cons

      Lack of diversity in upper management. CNN is relatively diverse among the rank and file but not so much in the upper or even mid-management. The compensation is also not that great if you start their young, as I did, and stay in the same role in the same department. Your best raises will come if you switch departments or roles (ex: writer for Domestic becomes a writer for International; writer for Domestic becomes a producer for Domestic.). If you rely on just the yearly merit-based raises, i.e, you remain a writer at Domestic for years, your raises will be paltry. They’re less than 5 percent; I believe they’re on average 2.5-3 percent. That’s barely anything and discourages loyalty to a particular role or department.

      3.0
      Oct 18, 2021

      Didn't care about a lot of employees during pandemic

      Associate producer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, generally high salaries Good growth in internal hiring

      Cons

      Pandemic ruined my opinion of the company. Top ratings in 40 years, almost no raise and no bonus. No regard for burnout and mental health. Being bought by ATT hurt the company: benefits not as good, layoffs.

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