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    ITV Reviews

    Updated 30 December 2018
    137 reviews

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    ITV Chairman Archie Norman
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    Pros

    • "Amazing people, brilliant content, good work life balance" (in 10 reviews)

    • "Fun environment whilst I was there, great people" (in 12 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Pay is relatively poor, training could be a bit better, career progression can be hard and some of the facilities are simply not good enough" (in 6 reviews)

    • "Long hours and working outdoors in the elements" (in 5 reviews)

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    1. "ITV RUNNER"

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      Former Employee - Runner in London, England
      Former Employee - Runner in London, England
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at ITV (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Got to work and meet some amazing people and learned a lot about the running of shows.

      Cons

      Producers kept to themselves and rarely interacted with runners.

    2. "Graduate Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at ITV full-time

      Pros

      Decent wage for grad scheme

      Cons

      Bad atmosphere with low job satisfaction

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    3. "Fantastic place to work but watch out for feeling like a pawn in a chess game"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at ITV full-time

      Pros

      Amazing people, brilliant content, good work life balance.

      Cons

      peculiar management sometimes, and power struggles of those at the top affect those in their teams

    4. "Researcher"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at ITV full-time

      Pros

      Always busy, can never be bored
      Good community spirit

      Cons

      Never enough researchers on the breakfast shows, they do the jobs of the producers, but aren't paid for it

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Staff loyalty not always rewarded"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at ITV full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great programmes / projects
      Excellent staff members
      Fun place to work

      Cons

      No career development or encouragement to progress
      Bad managers with no leadership
      Staff loyalty is taken advantage of rather than valued
      Bullying is rife because no one reports
      HR are on the side of the company NOT the employees

      Advice to Management

      Please train your management properly and hold them to account. Annual appraisals are pointless. Pays for staff to leave and come back rather than stay

    6. "Nice company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at ITV full-time

      Pros

      Nice company, good culture, fun

      Cons

      Tech wasn't great, sign off takes long time

    7. "hands on, innovative, but stretched"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at ITV full-time

      Pros

      can-do attitude
      audience focused
      agile in dealing with change

      Cons

      over-stretched
      too corporate at times
      should allow more room for individuality and innovation

    8. "Itv"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Good as a work place can get

      Cons

      Nothing but good things about itv

    9. "Great Innovative company"

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      Current Employee - Senior Finance Analyst in London, England
      Current Employee - Senior Finance Analyst in London, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at ITV full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Everyone is very friendly, passionate and motivated, making culture is pretty good. Pay is fairly good in comparison to other media companies.

      Cons

      Some of the directors only like dealing with other directors and not the employees that actually support them.

    10. "Good to learn"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at ITV full-time

      Pros

      Relaxed environment where you can learn and improve without much pressure

      Cons

      Bad third party providers make the work several times more hard that need to be