ESPN reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,301 total reviews)
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93% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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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4.0
Sep 7, 2016
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Pros

Great people Dress code is casual (you can wear jeans to work everyday) Hit the ground running: you play a role in the creation of each show, you don't get coffee. Ex: it's common to be creating the highlights you see on SC within 6 months of being at the company. Overtime pay: you get time and a half OT pay and get paid extra when you work holidays You're encouraged to watch sports at work.

Cons

Hours: you will likely work weekends and very strange hours. (Highlight shifts are usually 4pm-2am, though you regularly work later than that). 9-5 jobs Monday-Friday is a unicorn position. Very little flexibility for time off: you have to plan your vacations really far in advance, at least 2 months. No holidays off: sports happen on holidays. It's near impossible to get them off. Overtime: you will rarely work a 40 hour week or an 8 hour day. And by rarely, I mean almost never. High stress: it's TV, which means everything is in a very tight schedule, the expectations are very high, and mistakes are not taken lightly.

3.0
Aug 27, 2016

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

Anonymous employee
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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.

3.0
Apr 8, 2016

Project - Statistics Associate

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A part-time job where you got to watch sports. Rewarding work, as you got to see your results happening live on-screen.

Cons

Managers and other full-time staff often treated subordinates/part-time staff with little respect, resulting in a clear divide between the two groups.

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