A busy and challenging environment but lack of strong leadership really stands out - Anonymous employee ESPN Employee Review

2.0
Dec 31, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Learned a great deal about taking educated risks in the sports media world. Continue to build relationships with employees and vendor partners every day.

Cons

Culture is no longer a word that resonates at ESPN. Division/Dept. leadership is long in the tooth and investing in employees to grow from within has been abandoned long ago.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

You get to work on cool events and shows.

Cons

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