News Corp Reviews

Former Employee – worked at News Corp full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Large structured company.
Plenty of room to move up the ladder if you have the commitment and time!
They're always looking at the next big thing.
As long as they keep up to date with growing technology they should continue to be impressive.

Cons – It can be a bit of a fight at times to be recognised but thats pretty much the same for all large companies.
A little bit late adopting their magazines for digital.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at News Corp full-time

Pros – Great benefits, nice people (mostly young families)

Cons – Like any large company that has been around for a long time, some upper management are stagnant and resistant to change. Not all, just some

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at News Corp full-time

Pros – Very entrepreneurial environment that encourages risk taking.

Cons – Decentralized systems and structure creates inefficiencies

Advice to Senior Management – Find a happy medium between allowing companies the freedom to operate on their own while creating efficiencies for the overall company through better infrastructure and information sharing

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – Nice work culture, Good company and location is simply awesome.

Cons – you have to be smart, otherwise you will feel depressing. This is media company, so you need good presence of mind.

Advice to Senior Management – some times they dont treat you well. Its all depend on how much useful you are for them..

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – PRO
High per diem rate for independent contracting, good personal support from staff, but that may have to do with a high comfort level with reporting from outside the central office and rarely being embroiled in internal office politics. Turnover gives one a chance to move up. Young, friendly staff.
Billing issues resolved in a good manner that is as efficient as they can be, given that the office I work with has to deal with a central bureaucracy. They want to keep their stringers happy.

Cons – A sclerotic view of institutional change, e.g. expansion, has made it difficult to understand why a 6 billion dollar publicly traded company can't commit to a new news bureau. Artistically, limited change in form of news story. Creative potential not 100% realized.

Advice to Senior Management – Go to bat more to make the news programming more of what you believe in your heart it should be.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at News Corp

Pros – Competitive salary once you are full time and even temping

Cons – Highly demanding work load most of the time

Advice to Senior Management – Training policy could be improved

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – Lot of interesting work done. A good learning experience. Not hierarchy driven. Very encouraging to new ideas. very friendly people

Cons – Not many cons to write about. Its a good place to work. The work hours are stressful. Due to the dynamic industry the timings can be steep

Advice to Senior Management – There is a need to breed in house talent to take up positions of responsibility. Developing cross functional capabilities is still nascent.

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – The opportunities for cross training and advancement are great especially because the company is so large. Recent reorganizations have improved the efficiencies within the organization.

Cons – The communication could be better and teams could take a less silo-ed approach to the business and customers.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue investing in your people and streamlining processes where possible. Redundancies and poor communication not only slow progress but expose weakness to prospects and customers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – Product
Freedom
People
Good work / life balance

Cons – Declining industry
Promotions aren't given as often as deserved

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at News Corp

Pros – Good social and working environment.

Cons – not a lot of opportunity for growth in GA.

Advice to Senior Management – Please do not ignore your regional offices.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend