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?

"They invest in employees and provide good benefits." ((in 110 reviews)); "Great opportunities to work with former athletes and interview them." ((in 36 reviews)); "Fun work environment" ((in 28 reviews)); "Traveling to cool events and the headquarters is a great campus" ((in 28 reviews)); "The Walt Disney Company give all the employees great benefits." ((in 17 reviews))

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

"Very hard to get promoted; low pay" ((in 76 reviews)); "Long hours particularly at lower levels" ((in 51 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 35 reviews)); "Management of this size company is poor" ((in 31 reviews)); "Salaries are low, even compared to people at sister companies at Disney who do the same work." ((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.

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

May 1, 2014

Get in, get what you need and get out

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big name on your resume to build a career off of.

Cons

Location, low salary, old boys club & politics.

5.0

Feb 4, 2014

You'll learn more at ESPN in 2 weeks than at most companies in 2 years.

Marketing coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great work culture, great brand values, great people.

Cons

Needs improvement on work-life balance

2.0

Nov 13, 2013

Some Good but a lot of bad

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive starting salary ( i think this is changing for the worse) Free gym and on staff nurse nice campus, but money should be used to save jobs that are being downsized

Cons

Long hours, upper management does not care about staff, it was said in meetings (which are never ending) that you can either advance or have a personal life, you can't have both. Layoffs are still coming because they are funding a new studio and they say in meetings well these layoffs should have happened years ago, as someone who was laid off that did not make me feel any better.

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