ESPN reviews

Even if you're a committed and hardworking employee with consistently excellent reviews throughout your entire career, the decision-makers responsible for eliminating positions do not always consider individual performance. Instead, these decisions appear to be influenced by personal relationships. In the end, regardless of your dedication, you may find yourself being cast aside and told that it's not about you, its the position being eliminated. ESPN/Disney has undergone significant changes from its earlier days, and I wouldn't suggest pursuing employment there unless you're comfortable with low morale and the uncertainty of being at risk of job cuts every few years.

No metrics to evaluate performance. Performance reviews are extremely objective. The department has no idea how to measure ROI (return on investment) despite continually harping on how important it is. Very little upward mobility. The only transferrable skills are Excel/SQL and content. Once you leave the newsroom, your "skills" are borderline useless. Stats Analysts are treated like babies. You must submit daily shift recaps describing what you did. The pay, hours and schedule are all terrible. I know multiple Stats Analyst II's who were making around $45-$50k/year at ESPN who are now making six figures within a couple years of leaving. North campus is a bomb shelter. I would not recommend working in S&A to a friend. If you must, do it for a year and then leave