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?

80% 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 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Financial Times?

Intern (22) , Reporter (22) , Software Engineer (19) , Journalist (18) , Project Manager (15) , Senior Software Engineer (14) , Account Manager (13) , Customer Success Manager (13) , Sales (12) , Customer Care Associate (11) , Account Director (9) , Internship (9) , Marketing Executive (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 97 reviews)); "Company medical benefit is good" ((in 77 reviews)); "FT had a great culture" ((in 76 reviews)); "Great work life balance there" ((in 69 reviews)); "Great colleagues with calm/friendly/supportive personalities" ((in 60 reviews))

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

"Salaries are low, some of the work is a bit boring" ((in 46 reviews)); "No career progression because they would rather hire a new employee rather than promote a current existing one who met all the criteria for promotion." ((in 37 reviews)); "No escalation paths for poor management and for stress management" ((in 28 reviews)); "There were some annoying office politics." ((in 13 reviews)); "Editors can be very bad managers" ((in 12 reviews))

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Financial Times Reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(812 total reviews)

Jon Slade

81% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.4

Culture and values

4.3

Diversity and inclusion

3.8

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

Financial Times has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 812 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

812 reviews

5.0

3 Oct 2024

friendly staff always interesting work to do really enjoyed it

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

helps to built social capital and exp

Cons

work overload sometimes a bit boring

1.0

6 Feb 2021

FT Live: Awful, awful, awful and a culture of bullying!

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Incredible brand Excellent editorial and content

Cons

I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy a job at FT Live. They trade off the brand but the delivery is substandard at best. There is a culture of bullying, the leadership team are only interested in managing upwards and the rest of the business are completely disengaged. I would NEVER work for FT Live again even if they quadrupled my pay.

1.0

18 Feb 2024

Good company overall, but watch out for FT Live

Events

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Great company overall run well from the top

Cons

- divisive FT Live MD. Shouting and swearing in meetings, a tyrant and a bully. - Board level/HR either appears unaware of this or are covering it up - poor pay - unfair progression. Promotions given to people who haven't raised inconvenient questions or kissed the right behinds rather than people who have demonstrated talent - Too much credit taken for the recent successes of the department by too few senior people - several HR complaints about FT Live MD ignored

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