Does Financial Times pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Financial Times employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Financial Times. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Financial Times?

82% of Financial Times employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Financial Times 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Financial Times?

Intern (22) , Reporter (22) , Software Engineer (20) , Journalist (18) , Project Manager (16) , Senior Software Engineer (14) , Account Manager (13) , Customer Success Manager (13) , Sales (12) , Customer Care Associate (11) , Marketing Executive (10) , Account Director (9) , Internship (9) , Product Manager (9) , Researcher (8)

What are the pros of working at Financial Times according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and atmoshpere." ((in 103 reviews)); "FT had a great culture" ((in 81 reviews)); "Company medical benefit is good" ((in 73 reviews)); "Great colleagues with calm/friendly/supportive personalities" ((in 58 reviews)); "Great team" ((in 25 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Financial Times according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary increase" ((in 49 reviews)); "Career progression is slow." ((in 39 reviews)); "No escalation paths for poor management and for stress management" ((in 31 reviews)); "Editors can be very bad managers" ((in 13 reviews)); "There were some annoying office politics." ((in 13 reviews))

Financial Times Reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(818 total reviews)

Jon Slade

87% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Financial Times has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 818 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Financial Times employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

818 reviews

5.0

3 Jan 2023

Strong leadership, culture and business model

Client relationship executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Managers and leaders across all levels are supportive and nurturing. I've learned a lot from my colleagues across departments and my bosses. Workplace culture is one of respect, collaboration and autonomy. Opportunity to work with colleagues from different offices. Opportunity to work with clients from different countries. Product and company is well known, respected and coveted.

Cons

Patience is required for upward mobility.

5.0

25 May 2022

A great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great people. Great product. Great location.

Cons

Sometimes too reactive. You trade some salary for the name.

5.0

20 Mar 2022

Great culture

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

good leadership team with clear purpose. People are all genuinely nice to work with.

Cons

People are quite silo and it's hard to implement change

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