CNN reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,030 total reviews)
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Jeff Zucker

33% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

CNN has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,030 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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1.0
Jan 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Techwood campus is lovely.

Cons

Everyone at CNN—especially those who’ve been there the longest—needs a wake-up call. Stop behaving like all-knowing SVPs and VPs while your revenue shrinks and the brand you built collapses. Listen—really listen—to your junior staffers, your interns, and new associates. They understand how to reach younger audiences far better than a misguided vertical video strategy conceived by 40-year-olds ever will. Ask them tough questions, and give them the freedom to answer honestly. Remember, we are your future: the viewers and consumers who will either carry CNN forward or let it fade into irrelevance.

2.0
May 22, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Name recognition, passionate and talented colleagues

Cons

A lot of people are comfortable being miserable, creating a negative and toxic environment. There is a lot of office politics/favoritism at play that decides who is considered for promotion vs who needs to apply to be considered. Lack of transparency and communication.

3.0
Feb 9, 2019

Great peers, poor management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You will work with people who will become like family, the company has great name recognition, and you will create news you can be proud of. CNN domestic is well-run.

Cons

CNN International is poorly run by people with no management experience. They promote based on favoritism and nepotism, not merit or quality. Tony Maddox is running CNN International like a mobster, creating high turnover and unmotivated employees.

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