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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 7 Media General Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.7
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
3.5
Support You Get
3.8
Way You Work
4.7
Work Setting
4.4
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Newscast Director

What do you like about working at Media General?

"It's a casual, team-based atmosphere that allows you to have fun. Benefits are good."

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

"Make sure you have multiple skills and are able to do a variety of jobs. Make yourself indespensible."

What don't you like about working at Media General?

"Depending on the type of job, the hours can be bad and affect your work/life balance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would focus more on making sure employees are happy and spend less time cutting costs."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Special Projects Coordinator

"Multi-tasker as Manager and Publisher of four weekly publications"

What do you like about working at Media General?

"Arrange entire promotional campaigns from start to finish (researching and planning, writing the promotional materials, pitching and securing media coverage via email/phone, composing wrap reports and recommendations)"

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

"Do your homework and live on next to nothing, its the economy"

What don't you like about working at Media General?

"Lack of growth opportunity and such, need more opportunity and such"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to your employees and strive to do better overall"

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

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Media General (12)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is N2 Publishing (26)
1.9 Lowest Rated in this Industry is CareCore National (10)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (6,335)
Category Development Manager

"I have a successful track record in media sales and sales mangement."

What do you like about working at Media General?

"The company has a great reputation in the communities they serve."

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

"I would advise them to research the company prior to interviewing, come prepared with questions that are pertinent and relevant to the position and be prepared to review and discuss skills that are a good fit for the position interviewing for."

What don't you like about working at Media General?

"The company has huge challenges to remain relevant to the way consumers seek out news and information."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would tell them to continue to be innovative with customers solutions through a product portfolio expansion of digital solutions."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Administrative Sales Assistant
Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Network Security Administrator
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4.6 / 5
Support You Get 2.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3.7 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Sales Manager
Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Video Editor
Person You Work For 4.2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Business Development Representative

"I like my position however newspapers are a dying breed."

Press Operator

"Excellent place to work"

What do you like about working at Media General?

"Everything"

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

"Be mindful of what you are doing at all times"

What don't you like about working at Media General?

"Plating policy"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less worries about plating policy helps workers to be stress free."

Paginator

"This is great job to get into the corporate world and develop your work ethics."

Recruitment Advertising Consultant

"Outsanding Company"

What do you like about working at Media General?

"Outstanding company to work for and my Regional Manager is wonderful to work for."

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

"Need to love cold calling."

What don't you like about working at Media General?

"Nothing"

Senior Financial Analyst

"Not the company for me"

What do you like about working at Media General?

"Variety of work"

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

"Movement within the company is difficult."

What don't you like about working at Media General?

"To political"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on promoting from within throughout the entire company. Reward your hard working employess.."

Media General Reviews FAQs

Is Media General a good company to work for?

Media General has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 7 Media General Review Ratings left anonymously by Media General employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at Media General.

Does Media General pay their employees well?

Media General employees earn $48,000 annually on average, or $23 per hour, which is 27% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 0 Media General employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Media General Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Media General?

100% of employees would recommend working at Media General with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated Media General 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.5 for Rewards You Receive, 3.4 for Growth Opportunities and 3.8 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Media General?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Media General is a Vice President at $192,000 annually. Browse Media General Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Media General?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Media General is a Production Engineer at $14,000 annually. Browse Media General Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Media General?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Media General to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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