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Working at Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, MD: 6 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Silver Spring, MD Area

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On average, employees in Silver Spring, MD at Discovery Communications give their company a 3.3 rating out of 5.0 based on 6, whereas overall Average Rating of Discovery Communications is 3.9 out of 5.0 based on 25 Discovery Communications Review Ratings. The happiest Discovery Communications employees in Silver Spring, MD are Quality Control Technicians submitting an average rating of 4.7 and VP of Global IT Services with a rating of 4.5.

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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 21 Discovery Communications Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.0
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.8
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
4.0
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Working at Discovery Communications in Silver Spring, MD: 6 Employee Reviews

Associate Production Manager

"Working for Discovery was great!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
VP of Global IT Services

"I've worked for Discovery for 10 years and they strive to create a creative culture offering internal networking opportunities and self direction."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.9
Discovery Communications (25)

4.3 Highest Rated in this Industry is MTV Networks (52)
2.5 Lowest Rated in this Industry is EarthCam (7)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (1,417)
Senior Developer

What do you like about working at Discovery Communications?

"Discovery communication is media company, Implementing latest technologies, innovative ideas to grow in their media"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This comapny professional company, need to interact more with other teams"

What don't you like about working at Discovery Communications?

"Professional environment, friendly, co operative and fun to work in the company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion to the management is need more collabaration between the teams"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
HR Assistant

What do you like about working at Discovery Communications?

"fun employee engagement and creative surroundings, there is a positive response from everyone who finds out you work at Discovery"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready to leave the company in order to move up when you come back, if you want to come back."

What don't you like about working at Discovery Communications?

"It's too corporate and too large. There is a lot of turnover and not the work/life balance that they feel they provide for their employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better work/life balance, more employee engagement, higher compensation. More vacation days, better benefits, better perks, and better technology."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Quality Control Technician
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Discovery Communications Employee

"A great place to work for the young majority."

What do you like about working at Discovery Communications?

"Discovery has a good brand image. Therefore having experience there adds value to ones resume."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"There is a culture of nepotism and favoritism at Discovery. Your best chances are to know someone or be related to a member of management."

What don't you like about working at Discovery Communications?

"Discovery is good at managing it's brand-image however, the reality is that much of what you hear about working at Discovery is smoke and mirrors unless you fit into a very narrow demographic. The preferred demo is white, blond hair and age 22-38. Despite have a high profile Diversity program, it is mostly window dressing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get real. There is value in diversity."

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