When's the next layoff going to be, Oct? - Anonymous employee ESPN Employee Review

3.0
Aug 27, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The former Sr Management was amazing. But the new Management is just a reboot of old management and only the friends get to stay.

Cons

They talk about hiring based on first hiring as 'Freelance', but the inside scoop is that they don't really plan on doing that. They hire a person as a temp employee for 30 months (it use to be 18 months). In the end they just hire another person as a temp employee for another 30 months. Good news, they will hire you back as a temp employee for a new 30 months after 12 months have passed.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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