Treated like you should be thanking your stars to be working there - Anonymous employee ESPN Employee Review

2.0
Feb 20, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting subject matter, the four letters look great on a resume. Was a good place to start your career.

Cons

Obviously, Bristol. A huge amount of incompetence at the director/vp level which makes everyone's life hell. I left because my boss was so bad. Lots of 70 hour weeks at terrible pay. They will pay you nothing because there are a line of thousands of other people who want to work here behind you. You are on a need-to-know basis about anything. Curiosity and new ideas are not welcome. Richard Deitsch/Jim Miller tell you if you're going to be fired and if the product/show you work on is going to be abandoned. I once asked my boss for sports tickets and thought I was going to get fired for even thinking of such a thing. He then went to MNF two weeks later. Their incentive/bonus structure (long-term incentive cash) rewards time, not performance. Reorg every six months. Layoffs every year. This is just what came to the top of my head. Don't work here.

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Cons

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Cons

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