Q&A With Gannett Employees

Great communicator but too high up to really see & do anything about people at lower/lowest levels

I can't speak for other people but I feel like he communicates often and well.

The exec team seems to get along quite well and is accessible to all levels. Wadsworth has a long tenure, knows where all he bodies are buried and has a realistic vision for the challenges facing a legacy media company.

Depends on your role & department.

Awful, constantly reminded that this isn't a 8-5 clock in and our situation.

Very balanced

Health, time off, profit sharing

Great journalism across a broad range of interests. The breadth is also a short coming

Make people accountable, pay people based on their work, not their position.

Break into smaller task force teams that operate as start ups

The culture was great when the company first split, then HR took over + lots of missed wins have created negativity. Be strategic as a company and genuine in communications.

Right now it’s not great. At split, there was a lot of hope and optimism, but there are leaders in place who shouldn’t be (no real experience or proven success in their role, CEO is absent), industry is in tough times and the company isn’t transitioning fast enough or making the right moves, revenue is tanking and rather than fix the issue...budgets/resources constantly get cut.

It really depends on the division you're hired into. There isn't a single culture or common work environment across the company.

Not sure they think about Admin at all, they do annual evaluations but it's merely an exercise. Raises are extremely rare in my experience, Admin Assistants are being phased out as an unnecessary expense.

An industry leader

The interview was easy. They want experience or education that indicates you can do the job.

It completely depends on what role you’re interviewing for. A reporter role is much different from marketing or sales or printing/manufacturing, for example.

People that focus on learning what they need to successfully leave the company.

Frustrating. You're either full speed ahead with no time to think or stuck waiting for resources.

Open office floorplans but lots of opportunity for telecommuting.

Very little in IT, there aren't any women in upper management and most minority groups represented can be counted on one hand.

That you may get additional training but development is solely your responsibility, and career opportunities are extremely limited.

You'll regularly work weekends, holidays and vacation days. With shrinking staff and more work piled on those that are left, you really can't take time off and expect to keep up.

It really depends on the division. Some are brutal on the work/life balance, some have passive aggressive cultures, most are in between.

Very disconnected from the day to day activities of the groups.

Usually decent to start but the lack of regular yearly increases over 2% will leave you below market quickly.

Pretty poor - yearly layoffs, lack of career advancement and below average yearly increases doesn't help.

It depends on the group

It's a tough transition from paper to online, still not where they need to be.

Standard, nothing special

Valuing employees and project quality over meeting deadlines.

Lots of protected people who damage morale