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 108 reviews)); "Great opportunities to work with former athletes and interview them." ((in 34 reviews)); "Fun work environment" ((in 28 reviews)); "Traveling to cool events and the headquarters is a great campus" ((in 23 reviews)); "The Walt Disney Company give all the employees great benefits." ((in 14 reviews))

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

"Very hard to get promoted; low pay" ((in 78 reviews)); "Long hours particularly at lower levels" ((in 46 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 32 reviews)); "Salaries are low, even compared to people at sister companies at Disney who do the same work." ((in 30 reviews)); "frequent layoffs (about every 2 years)" ((in 29 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

3.0

Dec 15, 2015

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Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

meet talent, great peers to interact with

Cons

work over 80hrs a week , to much polotics

2.0

Dec 9, 2015

ASR

Account service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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

4.0

Dec 4, 2015

current employee

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

love sports? This is the place to be. Great campus, opportunities to work on some interesting problems.

Cons

people not motivated. Management seems in-capable of change or to focus on the most important and strategic tasks.

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