High Risk, High Reward, but not good for long term growth. Get in and get out. - Account Executive iHeartMedia Employee Review

3.0
24 May 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great personalities in coworkers Huge networking opportunities Entertainment business has its perks Can make really good money with good flexibility if you have the right managers You work for your manager, not the company

Cons

Extremely low success rate for new AEs - 20% or less will make it 18 months Politics, smoke and mirrors surrounding who gets what accounts Serious limitations on upward mobility - turnover is just as high for managers as AEs Corporate takeover - advertising / media is a lifestyle occupation and corporate approach ruins it Management overall just doesn't have their suff together Trying to compete in digital and event media without the real tools and assets

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5.0
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Pros

Great Team overall and great work ethic.

Cons

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1.0
16 May 2026
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Pros

The company had really good happy hours and events to attend. Food almost everyday.

Cons

Awful management team. Everyone will plot against you if they see potential. Very political culture and one boss there is a weak male figure in the office. If he doesn’t like you all the other managers follow suit. Mind you he has no power at all yet managers at his same level report to him. Must be experienced to work there really come in with a book of business with accounts that have lots of money because that’s all they care about. They will use and abuse you then cast you to the side make sure you have a second job to lean on. Frequent layoffs no managers of color either. Lots of red flags in the begging do not ignore them.

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