Pros
- Awesome office location at world trade center with very cool 64th floor lounge that goes all the way around with cafe, nice seating, game room, and major views of city. Great to bring friends and family for a tourist free version of WTC - Your experience will be heavily team-dependent, and you can get on a very nice good team - Compensation seems good enough, not outstanding, not poor and the benefits are standard - Some projects can be fun, some of the old glory of a hugely successful storied media giant shines through every once in a while - New CEO seems like a good guy with good ideas
Cons
- Company is on the decline, so expect consolidation - There isn't really any culture compared to some other places I've worked - You might get on a bad team with a horrible work life balance and have a bad time because there isn't any overarching company goodness that ekes into every team. There was a team right next to mine that went home 1-2 hours later EVERY single night I worked there for 2 years (always so glad that was not my team) - Office recently converted to open-format, so you never have any privacy at work - Lots of senior management is stuck in the past and doesn't have the wherewithal to make the company modern - Editorial side can have too much power over business decisions, while having no idea what constitutes best business practices