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QA Test Engineer - QA Test Engineer Associated Press Employee Review

4.0
Apr 19, 2015
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Pros

Fast paced working environment, the people are great to work with (well, most of them), Good pay and cutting edge technology. Good vacation time, personal time and birthday days off, 401K matching is decent.

Cons

For a news agency, internal/departmental communication is lacking. Long work hours and most times is a thankless position to be in. Promotion from within is practically non-existent. Health benefits are poor; minimal at best (pay a lot for little return). You'll get worked to death with very little payback. When done, you'll be thrown away without being given a second thought. WAY too many cooks in the kitchen.

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