ESPN reviews

4.0

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,301 total reviews)
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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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3.0
Apr 26, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Televisions in your cubicle, access to personal trainers

Cons

lacks many of the perks you would assume would come along with working for ESPN. Staff is incredibly bureaucratic and political, very difficult to move up if you are not a lifetime employee.

5.0
Feb 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people, fun atmosphere. If you like sports, it's a very cool place to work. Also, very competent people in my department. Employees seemed helpful and supportive of one another. Professional environment. People communicated well. TVs at most desks so employees can "stay up to date" on sports was very cool.

Cons

Huge company, so maybe a bit difficult to move up. Easy to lose a sense of where your dept. fits in larger scheme of things. Pay isn't great b/c of the high demand to work there. Living in NYC is expensive so that compounds the pay problem. And living in Bristol is, well, a bit dull.

4.0
Dec 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

ESPN is a stable, well-run, major American media organization whose senior management values the well-being of every employee. ESPN is a huge source of revenue for the Walt Disney Company because it receives two streams of revenue: one coming from regional cable and satellite network partners, and another from selling advertising space across several networks, magazines, and web sites. ESPN also has a large edge over any competition and is universally recognized as the premier sports-only twenty-four hour cable network. ESPN has solid senior management that clearly communicates company priorities.

Cons

Because it is such a large company there are too many layers of bureaucratic middle management that stifles creativity.

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