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Tony Hall
252 Ratings
Pros
"Great work life balance - you never take work home with you" (in 52 reviews)
"Great people, diverse, creative, people generally treat others well" (in 38 reviews)
Cons
"career progression is not great" (in 24 reviews)
"Pay could be better, but work-life balance is generally good" (in 12 reviews)
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"Amazing place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BBC full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Supportive, encouraging, fair. Such a nice place to work
Cons
People assume I know all the stars. Sorry. I work in a normal office just like you.
BBC 2018-10-30 12:55 PDT![BBC Logo]()
"Ok. Imp at."
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Pros
The bbc is very good
Cons
Need this tone age details.
BBC 2018-11-15 08:29 PST![BBC Logo]()
"Studio Manager, London"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BBC full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Great opportunity for travel, varied and enjoyable work life.
Cons
Shift work and having to deal with difficult "talent".
BBC 2018-11-15 15:37 PST![BBC Logo]()
"Great company to work for"
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Good management and friendly coworkers
Cons
Long hours. Limited career progression
BBC 2018-11-13 08:53 PST![BBC Logo]()
"Junior User Experience Designer"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BBC full-time (More than a year)
Pros
V. interesting projects creating products which have real impact on a huge amount of people. Healthy design culture - almost everyone is smart, talented and most importantly, genuinely nice. Generally a great work / life balance.
Cons
Very much a content-focused organisation, so design and tech are fairly low down the pecking order within the corporation and it's priorities. Pay is probably quite below market rate for the amount of users served by the products you design. General feeling that the business is steadily losing ground to new rivals, and not enough is being done to turn it around quick enough.
Advice to Management
Listen more to design and tech
BBC 2018-11-13 13:36 PST![BBC Logo]()
"Strategy Analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BBC full-time
Pros
Great company, lots of opportunity for internal movement, smart people
Cons
Very bureaucratic in its style. Need to be more fluid and innovative.
BBC 2018-11-06 04:12 PST![BBC Logo]()
"working at the bbc and stuff"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at BBC (More than a year)
Pros
very relaxed atmosphere, fun job
Cons
lots of bureaucracy, internal politics
BBC 2018-11-01 07:44 PDT![BBC Logo]()
"Only one con, lots of pros"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at BBC full-time (More than a year)
Pros
The following entirely depends on the team you're working in (some teams are the complete opposite so check with current staff on specific team cultures)
One of the best places you'll ever work
The projects we work on are exciting and innovative
The people are helpful and there isn't a toxic competitive environment
If you really are passionate and hard working you can go far and quickly
Your hard work will be appreciated
Work life balance is unmatched especially in tech
You can have many careers within the company
You can move around and learn a lot of different skills from other teams
Really good training and development opportunities
Great for womenCons
The pay isn't great - but that is understandable
Advice to Management
Managers tend to be the issue when it comes to flexible working - this is making it difficult to retain women (tech companies are bad at this)
Management should do more to help staff feel that they're allowed to provide feedback and ideas
Take some risksBBC 2018-10-24 08:53 PDT![BBC Logo]()
"Not the place for young people"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOPros
Good company on the CV. Opportunities (if you can get them) to be part of big things.
Cons
Management style designed to stop you from moving up until you’ve “done your time”. Not based on meritocracy. If you’re under 30 you will not be taken seriously. If you are a person of colour you will be “boxed”.
Advice to Management
Sort out the BBC pay grade system and stop advertising jobs that you already have a candidate in mind for.
BBC 2018-11-06 03:26 PST![BBC Logo]()
"Director"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookI have been working at BBC full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Good employer, flexi time
Cons
Slow pace, massive company that isn’t so big
Advice to Management
Manage poor performance
BBC 2018-11-02 12:17 PDT
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