Does ESPN pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ESPN employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ESPN. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ESPN?

79% of ESPN employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ESPN 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ESPN?

Production Assistant (70) , Intern (37) , Manager (27) , Content Associate (25) , Producer (22) , Marketing Coordinator (21) , Associate Producer (20) , Director (14) , Account Executive (10) , Editor (10) , Estagiário (10) , Software Engineer (10) , Associate Editor (9) , Account Manager (8) , Asistente De Producción (8)

What are the pros of working at ESPN according to real employee reviews?

"Great Benefits due to being Disney owned" ((in 109 reviews)); "Great opportunities to work with former athletes and interview them." ((in 38 reviews)); "Fun work environment" ((in 30 reviews)); "Traveling to cool events and the headquarters is a great campus" ((in 29 reviews)); "The Walt Disney Company give all the employees great benefits." ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ESPN according to real employee reviews?

"Very hard to get promoted; low pay" ((in 72 reviews)); "Long hours particularly at lower levels" ((in 54 reviews)); "Even though it has been a company priority there is no work/life balance and those promoted are not always the most deserving." ((in 33 reviews)); "Salaries are low, even compared to people at sister companies at Disney who do the same work." ((in 33 reviews)); "Management of this size company is poor" ((in 30 reviews))

What are employees saying about ESPN layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ESPN layoffs and their outlook for job security at ESPN in 2026.

What are the top reviewed ESPN locations?

Buenos Aires , San Isidro , Pilar , Beccar , La Plata , Republica Argentina

ESPN reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,301 total reviews)

James Pitaro

93% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

3.2

Work/Life balance

ESPN has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,301 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ESPN employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

5.0

Aug 30, 2016

Data Mining and Analytics Intern

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Knowledge of wide variety of technologies.

Cons

I heard that the company is not e-verified which effects people working on visa.

3.0

Aug 29, 2016

Account Exec

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, company, everyone know the brand. That also makes growth prospects challenging. Tough to introduce new money making ideas if it differs from the status quo.

Cons

$$, political, not much diversity making decisions

3.0

Aug 27, 2016

When's the next layoff going to be, Oct?

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The former Sr Management was amazing. But the new Management is just a reboot of old management and only the friends get to stay.

Cons

They talk about hiring based on first hiring as 'Freelance', but the inside scoop is that they don't really plan on doing that. They hire a person as a temp employee for 30 months (it use to be 18 months). In the end they just hire another person as a temp employee for another 30 months. Good news, they will hire you back as a temp employee for a new 30 months after 12 months have passed.

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