Pros
Worked in Ad Sales as an ASR - young, fun group of coworkers - bonding is encouraged - the work you do can be seen on TV - great bragging rights at bars to say you work for ESPN - high level of responsibility, bottom line for your ad sales team is on your shoulders - ability to work with large CPGs and other Fortune 100 companies who advertise with ESPN
Cons
- long hours - constantly being screamed at on the phone by frantic ad agencies (once had someone call me crying) - extremely, extremely political environment. hard work is not looked at as much as favoritism - very very low pay. unrealistic salary for NYC. if you enjoy eating dollar slice and cup of noodles you can make it work but you will probably be malnourished after 9 months of working here - absolutely 0 hand outs. any marketing chachki was guarded under lock and key and only management could use - benefits are pathetic, you will pay out of pocket for almost everything - if you don't find your clique quickly you will be marginalized - saw many, many people sleeping their way to the top. the place is an HR nightmare - complete bottleneck to getting promoted. you may have to stay in entry level position for 3 years to move anywhere - they do not give raises for promotions, only title increases. this is a serious policy - very limited vacation/sick days. they run a slave ship
