The Irish Times Reviews
Updated 24 Jan 2023
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good experience in customer care
Cons
Have to work some weekends New management terrible - micromanaging Lazy team leads Poor salary for the workload expected
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
not too many positive facts
Cons
bad management, supervisors without leadership and management skills, bullying, and family members prioritising.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Typical Irish Organisation nothing much
Cons
Low pay for market level
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Hybrid working, nice co workers
Cons
City centre so need to take public transport on the 2 days in the office
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Positive company culture, rewarding work, nice colleagues, good flexibility for remote work owing to pandemic
Cons
No real downsides specific to company, journalism is not a highly paid industry
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
not great working environment and bad management
Cons
some team leaders can't control their emotions during extremely busy times.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Terms and Conditions ( Holidays)
Cons
Can't think of any right now
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Working for a world known brand
Cons
Slow to change processes , poor management practices
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
A Good work life balance
Cons
Hard to mingle with management
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good benefits in terms of healthcare and pension contribution Flexibility to WFH Nice colleagues Graduate programme gives alot of experience in different departments Good Christmas bonus
Cons
Terrible communication from HR to graduates Low salary Poor management with bad communication Poor training opportunities I was out sick for a few months and was promised to be paid in full (combination of illness benefit & work pay) but I did not qualify for illness benefit as I did not have enough PRSI contributions. I informed HR and was told that they would not be paying the money I missed out on (€1,800 total). I thought this was really poor form as it was not my fault I didn’t qualify for illness benefit and the Irish Times is such a big company. I left the company with a bad taste in my mouth
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The Irish Times has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 57 reviews left anonymously by employees. 63% of employees would recommend working at The Irish Times to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
63% of The Irish Times employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated The Irish Times 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.
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