What more than a decade here has taught me... - Anonymous employee The Washington Post Employee Review

4.0
22 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good journalism is still highly valued. Creativity -- especially in IT -- is encouraged and supported. I feel like the company has kept up with (if not surpassed) our competitors.

Cons

It feels like we are being asked to do more work with fewer people. I keep hearing "just one more thing." Pressure on IT to create new products has resulted in less ongoing support for products that they already created for the newsroom. As someone from the Washington area, it is sad to see the Post move from a local focus towards a national and international one. Benefits have drastically changed since I started a decade ago. For example, when I started I was in college and was able to benefit from a tuition reimbursement program, which no longer exists. Overall, the benefits are still pretty good, though.

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