CNN reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,032 total reviews)
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Jeff Zucker

33% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

CNN has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,032 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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4.0
Sep 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Working with some of the best in the business

Cons

Easy to get stuck in a place unless you continuously take own initiative to cross train, salaries not as competitive as some other networks and considering the HQ is in Atlanta, not much else to do in this city but work for Turner/CNN

5.0
Sep 7, 2014

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A great company to work for

Cons

Irregular hours and unexpected shifts

4.0
Sep 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's owned by Turner, which has excellent benefits. If you want to learn something, talk to your manager, then sign up for a passport, or just talk to a manager in that department and just do the job for a few days. Lots of great people work in the building, and networking opportunities are immense. It's better to be right than first - most people in the building believe that. And holding a meeting or networking at the Starbucks in the food court is the norm.

Cons

Well, take everything I said above with a grain of salt, because that's under the old management. There always were layoffs when I was there, and reorganizations, and one day your best buddy was there and then he was out. When I was let go, and someone in another dept. heard about it they took me to lunch, that's how nice folks are there. But it happens without warning, and to a lot of folks at once, and sometimes it makes no sense. The other drawbacks - its a 24/7 news operation, so who knows when you'll be working. My exec. producer appreciated the home/life balance, but the show comes first.

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