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Crain Communications is one of the largest privately held media companies in the U.S. with 55 leading business, trade and consumer publications. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 12

TOTAL RATINGS: 191

CEO: Keith Crain

Crain Communications Company Culture

Crain Communications Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews

2.6/5

Crain Communications' Overall Culture is rated D

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Manager

C+

Team

Environment

Professional Development

CEO Rating

C-

Crain Communications CEO

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Keith Crain

63 /100

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Ups and downs. It's a company without vision and a recent serious reduction in benefits.

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It depends on the team you’re on. But lately they’ve been few and far between.

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Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Crain Communications

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25%

Crain Communications currently ranks in the Bottom 25% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Crain Communications

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20%

Crain Communications currently ranks in the Bottom 20% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

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Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"

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18%	Promoters
18%	Passives
64%	Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

Our Vision: To act as one company and one team to earn the loyalty of our audiences by delivering exceptional information and products across many platforms. Our Purpose: We empower success. The stories we tell and the products we develop matter to our audiences. We help them be successful in their field. Internally, the work we do and how we do it impacts everyone else we work with. We empower one another’s success as much as our own.

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Crain Communications Culture At a Glance

Overall, the 12 Crain Communications employees give their leadership a grade of D, or Bottom 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Crain Communications are not very pleased with their total compensation at Crain Communications, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Crain Communications are generally satisfied with their team. 12 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C. Less than half believe the meetings at Crain Communications are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Crain Communications believe the environment at Crain Communications is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Crain Communications is comfortably fast. About 13% of the employees at Crain Communications work 8 hours or less, while 13% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Crain Communications are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Crain Communications has 948 employees. 12 employees at Crain Communications have reviewed Crain Communications across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago. Overall, the 12 Crain Communications employees give their leadership a grade of D, or Bottom 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.Employees at Crain Communications are not very pleased with their total compensation at Crain Communications, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits. Overall, employees at Crain Communications are generally satisfied with their team. 12 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C. Less than half believe the meetings at Crain Communications are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.The majority of employees at Crain Communications believe the environment at Crain Communications is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Crain Communications is comfortably fast. About 13% of the employees at Crain Communications work 8 hours or less, while 13% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.Overall, the employees at Crain Communications are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.