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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3.0
Jan 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed work environment. A lot of talented people doing interesting work (though w/ so many groups and products it might depend on where you land). Opportunity to work on highly visible products.

Cons

Every worker seems to have two managers, each of whom have two managers above them and so on. All the groups are silo'd w/ little coordination between the groups. Lots of attention is paid to distinct upcoming events but little interest in lessons learned after the events, process improvement or big picture system improvement. Lots of dependency on old/proprietary technology which has little to no documentation or support. Pay seems to be lower than industry average for the privilege of working for the world wide leader but this is often relative to a variety of factors.

2.0
Dec 15, 2014

ESPN is tough to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They say all the right things and there are a lot of benefits offered to employees. There are fun and exciting projects and some great people (most are not in management) The department I am in is flexible with hours and understanding of family issues and time off requests

Cons

Non collaborative, Highly competitive - almost cut throat. Diversity - need to be more open to others opinions and points of view Boys club!!! Old style culture and way of doing business Poor communication from executive levels down. (info on a need to know basis) Lots of rumors and unhappy employees

5.0
Nov 10, 2014

Awesome company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay Great people Active work Everything is run very professionally in this career

Cons

Parking Work your way up may take a while Long hours Many meetings Presentations

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