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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2.0
Aug 1, 2014

Great company if you are on a supportive team

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Pros

Great name to have on your resume, awesome benefits, excellent training courses. Most of leadership seems to care about and look out for their employees.

Cons

Nepotism and Favoritism. Also the insane pace of workload can be a nightmare. Turner is a southern company, built on the good ol boy system and promotes their friends. If you hang out with leadership on your team, you will be promoted. If you do not, you will not. Work performance does not factor into your promotion. Friendship weighs heavier and clouds judgement of managers. They like to have their ego stroked and butts kissed. Working hard at your desk will get you no where. You have to be super energetic and enthusiastic about your work and broadcast that. This is seen as passionate. Even if you are not that type of personality you must become it to thrive here. Bad ideas will be considered if there is "passion" around them over great ideas. There is no work, life, balance and the pace is insanely fast. Work. life, balance only exists for management or the kiss ups. Subject matter experts are only promoted if they build a relationship with management.

4.0
Jul 31, 2014

I loved working at CNN.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I had excellent managers and worked on several really cool projects. I was able to have a healthy balance of work and a personal life. And the benefits were good.

Cons

They didn't do a good job of hiring dead weight. It's such a big company that there are cracks in the system and people who do nothing can just stay in their same position.

3.0
Jul 31, 2014

Great benefits...no life

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Pros

CNN/Turner offer exceptional benefits including paid time off and medical/dental, life insurance, and a great 401k match.

Cons

CNN does not respect it's employees and sees them as $$$ and not as people. The work/life balance they promote only exists for upper management.

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