ESPN reviews

the location is absolutely horrible if you are relatively you and would like to have a life outside of work at all. ESPN has a strange culture of devaluing the experiences of people who've come from other places, by making it seem as thought whatever you did before arriving here was JV. communication across the organization is absolutely horrible, and i think the company suffers for 1 - not having any real competition to speak of; and 2 - it's geographic isolation. they dont (really) have to compete for talent on the production front because if you want to work in sports media, this is supposedly the Mecca...because of that, they arent forced to listen to the concerns of their people, because the threat of them leaving is relatively low. there is also a general day-to-day environment of complacency and doing things "they way they've always been done."

Where to start...it's still the old boys club. No matter what anyone says, it is. If you buddy up and play golf with the boys, you're golden and they love you. It also helps to be a boy. Very few women hold senior level positions of SVP and up. ESPN is one of those places if you don't "drink the Kool-Aid" you're toast. Let's also be honest about diversity. Senior managers, for the most,part, pay lip service but do nothing about it. When a position opens up, the majority of the time it will be filled by someone who looks like the boys. Leadership is a big deal but the leadership and career advancement is focused on the boys club members.