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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
52
TOTAL
RATINGS
280
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The Washington Post Environment Employee Reviews

All
Positive
Constructive

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

Great location, good meeting space and everyone focused

Great teamwork - good communication

The collaboration and openness to try new things

It can get noisy. Also it appears to be quite cliquish.

Everyone is treated equally same

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Hire competent engineers that contribute

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Review Sentiment at The Washington Post

68
68%
32
32%

About The Washington Post's Environment

A-
76/100

Where This Score Ranks The Washington Post's Environment

TOP
15%

In the Top 15% of 2025 similar size companies on Comparably

TOP
20%

In the Top 20% of 176 companies in Washington, DC

2nd

2nd place versus 4 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at The Washington Post is considered positive by 80% of employees and regarded as having an “extremely fast” work pace by 5 employees. Relative to its competitors, The New York Times, Capital One, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, The Washington Post's environment score ranks in 2nd place. This also puts them in the Top 15% of 2025 similar sized companies (1,001-5,000 Employees) on Comparably and Top 20% of 176 companies in Washington, DC.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Experience - Over 10 Years
    +12%
  • Gender - Male
    +12%
  • Ethnicity - Caucasian
    +9%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Department - Engineering
    +2%
  • Gender - Female
    +2%

How The Washington Post's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 10 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less20%
840%
1040%
120%
More than 120%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast50%
Comfortably fast10%
Moderate30%
A bit slow10%
Bureaucratic0%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive80%
Negative20%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less0%
5-10%0%
10-25%0%
25-50%0%
50%+0%
What % of the time are you bored at work?

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