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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5.0
Dec 20, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

ESPN is an extremely collaborative experience. Doors are almost always open for discussions about Processes, Content, Execution and ways to improve all of these areas. Many of ESPN's employees have the ability to suggest improvements and different approaches that will aide the company in moving forward and becoming as efficient as possible.

Cons

The workload. "With great power comes great responsibility" (or so a famous Super Hero once said) and ESPN has an enormous amount of responsibility to provide a tremendous amount of quality content. Producing Twenty Four hours of content, over three quarters of which is LIVE TV, is very daunting, not to mention all of the online, radio, print and mobile content. ... It can get a bit overwhelming to think about the amount of content ESPN produces. Also, the pressure of always providing the best TV is a bit life-consuming. Work-Life balance is emphasized, but to truly succeed in TV (or so I've seen so far), that balance gets skewed a bit by the dedication to Work.

3.0
Dec 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Being able to tell others where you work at, being a Disney Employee and reaping its benefits, being able to meet a sports star everyonce and a while.

Cons

It has its ups and downs like any other big company. Corporate America can be difficult, especially in the media industry.I can say that it is very difficult to move up in the company now than it was years ago. Its due to the size of the company and the amount of people who are dying to work there

3.0
Dec 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Your job is to be surrounded by sports. For a sports fan, it doesn't get much better than that.

Cons

The company is so large, it suffers when it comes to dealing with the more personal side of employment. And worst of all, depending on your job, you may have to work with talent (anchors/analysts). Know this about ESPN - if your face doesn't appear on TV, you are a second rate employee. You are expected to cater to the every need of the likes of Stuart Scott, Chris Berman, etc. Some of them are great to work with, but there are others that will make your day miserable.

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