ESPN reviews

Where shall I start first off there is not really a work and life balance at this company unless you are working normal hours. Location- this is in the middle of no where they try to sell it to you only 2 hrs from NYC and Boston. But really who's going to do that every weekend? Seniority/Favoritism they will get the best projects and hours and will hardly work a holiday, many people have been there for 10+ years. It is hard to ask for time off because of the senority they will always ask for the summer and the holidays off and you have to ask for your time a year in advance to lock whatever you might think you want. Scheduling- plenty of short turnarounds and long days, you will burn out pretty quickly. Diversity- they don't have that much in important roles those that are the movers and shakers. Its still very much a boys club. Women and people of color are not that represented and they need to be more progressive and up with the times. There are many walks of life on this world and we need to embrace this. Even though Disney is the parent company and harp on diversity this and diversity that- you just don't see it at all in the important roles. Plus you are not treated with that respect either, HR will not do anything about it so it doesn't help with going there cause everyone looks out for each other and it shouldn't be that way. Stuck on how they have always done things- this comes from many of years of the same people in management and they seem to carry this way of thinking year after year. Just because someone has been there for 15 years or more doesn’t qualify them to be in management. Many of these managers don’t even know how to relate or speak to their employees. I thought I was going to work with the best of the best in the industry and this is definitely not the case. Many of these management folks are from an inner circle of the good old boys club and want to keep it this way, anyone else is viewed as an outsider no matter what experience you might have. Totally disappointed if you ask me.

DTCI (read, Disney) is undergoing a major consolidation which involves looping in all brands under the parent company system and processes. Luckily, ESPN is the first brand to undergo this change. But growing pains still exist. It is impossible to get into contact with IT and HR since most of these departments are remote. This leads to major inconveniences from the smallest password change to the larger reporting an employee to HR. The biggest downside of working here is the culture. It is extremely archaic. While the demo of employees appears “diverse,” (50/50 women etc) senior leadership is still an old boys club consisting of northeast archetypes who’ve been at the company 20+ years. Expect team lunches to consist of middle aged men complaining about their wives, judgment toward female coworkers appearance, and jealously toward professional athletes access to “Instagram h*es” (actual quote). If you 1) are a woman 2) read a book in the last 90 days 3) have a vague understanding of professionalism, proceed with extreme caution before signing up to work for this peanut gallery leadership. If you’re a young candidate longing to put a big name company on your resume while making little to no impact at the organization you work for, OR if you love bonding with bros over a Miller Lite after a company softball game, ESPN is for you!