ESPN Culture | Comparably
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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
178
TOTAL
RATINGS
1148

ESPN Company Culture

ESPN Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
3.0/5
ESPN's Overall Culture is rated C-

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ESPN CEO

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James Pitaro ESPN's CEO
James Pitaro
68 /100
A Day in the Life
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ESPN employees generally work 9.8 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at ESPN report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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73% of ESPN employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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ESPN employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
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54% of ESPN employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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What are you most excited about working at ESPN?

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  • You can meet interesting people, depending on what you work on, the pay isn't bad.

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What's the interview process like at ESPN?

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  • Phone interview and onsite. Nice experience

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What's the company culture like at ESPN?

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  • The teams are small, each have their own culture. They like to think that they are innovative and build MVPs (buzz word) while being Agile....

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What interview questions does ESPN ask?

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  • Basic interview about your experience. Then case study.

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What are your coworkers at ESPN like?

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  • Depends if you work on .com or not, and the department/team. The culture is that you could talk to anybody regardless of their position....

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H1B Visa

In 2019, ESPN applied for 2 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

ESPN has a total of 9464 employees

2
Total Applied
  • 100% Granted (2 out of 2)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 2)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 2)
  • 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 2)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at ESPN

Bottom
30%

ESPN currently ranks in the Bottom 30% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at ESPN

Top
25%

ESPN currently ranks in the Top 25% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

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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eNPS Score
42%Promoters
17%Passives
41%Detractors

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Mission, Vision, & Values

“It sounds cliche, but ESPN’s mission statement is ‘to meet sports fans wherever they are,” said Jacobs. Now, fans will be able to have SportsCenter in the palm of their hand.

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ESPN Culture At a Glance

ESPN has 9464 employees. 178 employees at ESPN have reviewed ESPN across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 9 days ago.

Overall, the 178 ESPN employees give their leadership a grade of C-, or Bottom 35% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

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

Overall, employees at ESPN are not very pleased with their team. 178 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C-. Less than half believe the meetings at ESPN are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at ESPN believe the environment at ESPN is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at ESPN is comfortably fast. About 34% of the employees at ESPN work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at ESPN are generally happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

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